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Am J Psychiatry 119:159-163, August 1962
doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.119.2.159
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FIVE PSYCHOTIC SIBLINGS

SVEN E. JENSEN M.D.1

1 Director, York County Mental Health Clinic, Newmarket, Ont., Canada.

A family is presented in which 5 of 7 siblings and 10 of 17 members of the last 2 generations have had psychotic episodes. At least 5 members have experienced their mental illness in connection with childbirth, and 2 in connection with back injury. It is suggested that our interpretation does not rule out a hereditary or somatic concept.






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