Naslov
Family history of psychosis and season of birth in catatonic schizophrenia

Autori
Mimica, Ninoslav ; Folnegović-Šmalc, Vera ; Folnegović, Zdenko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of The VIIIth Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia ; u: Schizophrenia Research, 18 (1996)(2/3) / DeLisi, Linn E. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1996, 101-101

Skup
Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia (8 ; 1996)

Mjesto i datum
Crans-Montana, Švicarska, 16.03.1996. - 22.03.1996

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
catatonic schizophrenia; heredity; seasons

Sažetak
The study presents data about heredity and data about season of birth in catatonic schizophrenia. As a base for forming this sample of schizophrenics the Croatian Psychotics Case Register (CPCR), which has been run in Croatian National Institute of Public Health since 1962, was used. The Register was formed on the basis of obligatory reports of hospitalized psychotic patients. The representative sample of schizophrenics, for epidemiological-clinical follow-up, was formed in 1972 from the evidence of 8068 patients younger than 55 years, and without additional diagnosis of mental retardation. This sample comprised 402 patients (207 males and 195 females), who were followed up until 1990/91. It was found that diagnosis of schizophrenia, catatonic type (V/295.2), according to valid ICD classification, was made in 59 (14.7%) cases, once or several times in their life. Among these patients there were 28 males and 31 females. In 44.1% of catatonics positive family history of psychosis was found and that was significantly greater (p< 0.001) than in other schizophrenics (20.1%). No significant excess of winter births was found in catatonic schizophrenics. This study confirms a great significance of the genetic predisposition for developing schizophrenia, and it supports the thesis that the catatonic type is relatively mostly genetically determined.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Napomena
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)85356-4

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