Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0063 |
| Title: | Season of birth in schizophrenia: evidence for confinement of an excess of winter births to patients without a family history of mental disorder |
| Author(s): | O'Callaghan E, Gibson T, et al. |
| Reference: | Br J Psychiatry 1991; 158: 764-74 |
| Place of Study: | Ireland |
| Abstract: | Patients with schizophrenia are more often born in the late winter or spring. That is why the possible effects of exposure to influenza during pregnancy have been widely explored. |
| Keyword(s): | mental diseases, schizophrenia, seasonality of birth |
| Discussion: | Increasing and converging evidence suggest that anomalies develop prenatally in schizophrenia. (See entry 0064 and 0065) |
| See Also: | 0064, 0065 |
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