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Subdividing the functional psychoses: a family hereditary approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Christian Scharfetter
Christian Scharfetter*
Affiliation:
The Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich, Switzerland
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1Address for correspondence: Prof. Dr Med. Christian Scharfetter, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Postfach 68, CH-8029, Zurich 8, Switzerland.
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Synopsis

Family genetic data, based on standardized and independent diagnostic procedures of index and secondary cases, confirmed the dichotomy between schizophrenias and affective disorders. The classical schizophrenic subtypes exhibited a significant tendency towards homotypia among their secondary cases. The genetic evidence did not support the monopolar–bipolar subdivision of affective disorder. Schizo-affective disorders impinged on the clear-cut schizophrenic and affective psychotic disorders and there was no homotypical tendency among the relatives of index cases with this diagnosis.

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Brief Communication
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , August 1981 , pp. 637 - 640
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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