Mental abilities of male relatives of psychotic patients
Objective: Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first‐degree relatives of hospital‐treated psychotic patients in Iceland. Method: Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Librar...
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crwiley:10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00515.x 2024-06-02T08:09:11+00:00 Mental abilities of male relatives of psychotic patients Karlsson, Jon L. 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00515.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1600-0447.2001.00515.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00515.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica volume 104, issue 6, page 466-468 ISSN 0001-690X 1600-0447 journal-article 2001 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00515.x 2024-05-03T11:42:49Z Objective: Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first‐degree relatives of hospital‐treated psychotic patients in Iceland. Method: Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Library in Reykjavik. Performance of groups of relatives is compared to that of the general population. Results: Healthy relatives of patients are found to excel over others in authorship of books of fiction or poetry, in general school performance at age 20 years and in mathematics. These findings apply to both schizophrenia and affective illness. Conclusion: Relatives of psychotic patients often exhibit good mental abilities Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 104 6 466 468 |
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Objective: Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first‐degree relatives of hospital‐treated psychotic patients in Iceland. Method: Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Library in Reykjavik. Performance of groups of relatives is compared to that of the general population. Results: Healthy relatives of patients are found to excel over others in authorship of books of fiction or poetry, in general school performance at age 20 years and in mathematics. These findings apply to both schizophrenia and affective illness. Conclusion: Relatives of psychotic patients often exhibit good mental abilities |
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Mental abilities of male relatives of psychotic patients |
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Mental abilities of male relatives of psychotic patients |
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