Naslov
Heredity in catatonic schizophrenia

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

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 20 (1996), S1; 11-14

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Schizophrenia; Catatonic type; Heredity

Sažetak
The study presents data about heredity of catatonic schizophrenia in comparison with ali other types of schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 402 schizophrenics, who ivere followed up from 1972 until 1990191. It was found that ICD diagnosis of catatonic type of schizophrenia was made in 59 (14.7%) cases, once or several times. Among these patients there were 28 males and 31 females. These 59 patients with noted catatonic symptoms, at least once in tlieir life, were compared with the remaining 343 patients, who never had catatonic symptoms. In 44.1% of catatonics positive psychiatric heredity was found and that was significantly greater (p<0.001) than in other schizophrenics (20.1%). This study confirms a great significance ofgenetic predisposition for developing schizophrenia, and it supports the thesis that the catatonic type is relatively mostly ge-netically determined.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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