Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:192-194
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Brain hypoxia, minimal brain dysfunction, and schizophrenia
HA Handford
The author hypothesizes that individuals who suffer brain hypoxia
prenatally, perinatally, or immediately postnatally constitute a population
at risk for minimal brain dysfunction and for schizophrenia in adulthood.
This hypothesis has implications for early intervention with children who
have MBD and their families and for multidisciplinary management of these
cases throughout childhood.
