Poor school performance in offspring of patients with schizophrenia: What are the mechanisms?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-123

  Jundong, J ^a   Kuja Halkola, R ^b   Hultman, C ^b   Langstrom N ^b   D'Onofrio, B M ^c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environments; genetics; offspring; schizophrenia; school performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 82555194486     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711001127     Document Type: Article

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