Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:424-427
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
A family history study of schizophrenia-related personality disorders
KS Kendler, CC Masterson, R Ungaro and KL Davis
This study examined whether the family history method can be used to detect
cases of schizophrenia-related personality disorder in the families of
schizophrenic patients. After proposing specific family history criteria
for this diagnosis, the authors applied these criteria in a blind family
history study and found that schizophrenia-related personality disorders
were significantly more common in the first- degree relatives of
schizophrenic patients than in the relatives of medically ill controls.
