MINOR PHYSICAL ANOMALIES IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Using the Waldrop scale, minor physical anomalies were studied in 82 C aucasian subjects, including 41 schizophrenic and 8 bipolar adults, as well as 14 normal and 19 mentally retarded adults. An increased incid ence of minor physical anomalies was found in the mentally retarded ad ults relative to the other groups. Consistent with previous studies, t here was a trend for the total mean Waldrop score of the schizophrenic group to be higher than the mean score of the normal group. Minor phy sical anomalies (assessed by the Waldrop scale), however, appear to be of questionable utility in identifying ''congenital'' schizophrenia, at least as this putative subgroup of schizophrenia is currently conce ptualized.