Perinatal maternal life events and psychotic experiences in children at twelve years in a birth cohort study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 158-163

  Dorrington, Sarah ^a   Zammit, Stan ^b,d   Asher, Laura ^c   Evans, Jonathan ^a   Heron, Jonathan ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology (CAiTE)   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Child psychiatry; HPA axis; Life events; Perinatal psychiatry; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ANXIETY; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINATAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGENY;

ALSPAC; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; HPA; HPA AXIS; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; LIFE EVENTS; PERINATAL PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891625745     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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