The Premorbid Adjustment Scale as a measure of developmental compromise in patients with schizophrenia and their healthy siblings

• Published in: Schizophrenia research Vol. 112; no. 1; pp. 136 - 142
• Main Authors: Shapiro, D.I., Marenco, S., Spoor, E.H., Egan, M.F., Weinberger, D.R., Gold, J.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Personality Assessment; Premorbid; Premorbid Adjustment Scale; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Regression Analysis; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenia - genetics; Schizophrenic Psychology; Siblings; Young Adult; Schizophrenia; Premorbid Adjustment Scale; Premorbid; Siblings; Psychosis; Human; Development; Psychometrics; Sibling

Schizophrenia is associated with subtle developmental compromise, but the degree to which this is also associated with heritability and genetic risk is uncertain. The goal of the current study was to investigate the childhood, adolescent, and early adulthood social and academic function of patients...