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Seasonality, Birth Complications and Schizophrenia in a High Risk Sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

R. A. Machón ,
S. A. Mednick  and
F. Schulsinger
R. A. Machón*
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
S. A. Mednick
Affiliation:
Psykologisk Institut, Kommunehospitalet, 1399, Copenhagen; Professor, Dept of Psychology and Social Science Research Institute, University of Southern California
F. Schulsinger
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychiatry, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen
*
Loyola Marymount University, Department of Psychology, Loyota Boulevard at W.80th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
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It has been suggested that viral infections, more prevalent in the winter months, might increase pregnancy and birth complications, which might in turn be responsible for the excess of winter-born patients with schizophrenia. In this study it was found that the rate of schizophrenia among high risk winter-urban births who had suffered a perinatal complication was significantly greater than that for those who had not thus supporting the hypothesis.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 122 - 124
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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