Fetal exposure to maternal stress and risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders among offspring: Differential influences of fetal sex

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 236, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-97

  Fineberg, Anna M ^a   Ellman, Lauren M ^a   Schaefer, Catherine A ^c   Maxwell, Seth D ^a   Shen, Ling ^c   Chaudhury, Nashid H ^f   Cook, Aundrea L ^b   Bresnahan, Michaeline A ^d,e   Susser, Ezra S ^d,e   Brown, Alan S ^b,d,e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal stress; Psychosis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FAMILY; INFANT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WORK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 84957434023     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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