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Pre-morbid Psychopathology in Schizophrenia Spectrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Josef Parnas  and
Aage Jørgensen
Josef Parnas*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Kommunehospitalet, and Psykologisk Institut, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aage Jørgensen
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In a prospective, longitudinal study of high-risk offspring of schizophrenic mothers, of several dimensions of pre-morbid behaviour ‘peculiarity’ predicted subsequent schizophrenia or schizotypy. Peculiarity/eccentricity may represent a subtle marker of the schizophrenic genotype. ‘Pre-schizophrenics', as compared with ‘pre-schizotypes', were characterised by affective dyscontrol, reflected in less introverted and more disturbed behaviour.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 5 , November 1989 , pp. 623 - 627
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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