FAMILY HISTORY AND OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS IN DEFICIT AND NON-DEFICITSCHIZOPHRENIA - PRELIMINARY-RESULTS

The aim of this study was to test that deficit (D) schizophrenic patie nts as defined by Carpenter et al had a higher prevalence of family hi story of schizophrenia but less obstetric complications than non-defic it (ND) patients. A lower rate of obstetric complications but an exces s of schizophrenic and a higher rate of alcoholism family antecedents in 18 D patients compared to 23 ND patients were found. These results could suggest that there is a different weight of genetic and early en vironmental factors in D and ND patients. (C) 1998 Elsevier, Paris.