Genetic liability, prenatal health, stress and family environment: Risk factors in the Harvard Adolescent Family High Risk for Schizophrenia Study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 142-148

  Walder, Deborah J ^a,b,c   Faraone, Stephen V ^d   Glatt, Stephen J ^d   Tsuang, Ming T ^d,e   Seidman, Larry J ^f,g  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Family environment; Neurodevelopment; Obstetric complications; Psychosis; Relatives; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FETAL DISEASES; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904128770     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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