The role of schizotypy in the study of the etiology of schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages S408-S416

  Barrantes Vidal, Neus ^a,b,c,d   Grant, Phillip ^e   Kwapil, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d Sant Pere Claver Fundacio Sanità Ria   (Spain)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

psychotic like experiences psychosis psychosis proneness risk factors genetics environment

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS USE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; GENETICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 84926683088     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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