Schizotypy and personality profiles of cluster A in a group of schizophrenic patients and their siblings

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Torti, Maria C ^a   Buzzanca, Antonino ^a,b   Squarcione, Chiara ^a   Salerno, Carla ^a   Mirigliani, Alessia ^a   Di Fabio, Fabio ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

First degree relatives; Personality disorders; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy; Siblings; SWAP 200

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPY; SELF REPORT; SIBLING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84884939847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-245     Document Type: Article

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