The social defeat hypothesis of schizophrenia: An update

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1180-1186

  Selten, Jean Paul ^a,b,d   Van Der Ven, Elsje ^a,b   Rutten, Bart P F ^a   Cantor Graae, Elizabeth ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Rivierduinen   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GGZ Leiden eo   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Epidemiology; Genetics; Intelligence; Migration; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; ILLICIT DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLEFT PALATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIGRATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POPULATION DENSITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL MINORITY; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DEFEAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DOPAMINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE; MIGRATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION;

EID: 84886011143     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt134     Document Type: Article

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