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Mathematical Models for Describing the Clustering of Sociopathy and Hysteria in Families

A Comment on the Recent Paper by Cloninger et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. P. Hutchinson  and
S. P. Satterthwaite
T. P. Hutchinson
Affiliation:
Traffic Studies Group, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1
S. P. Satterthwaite
Affiliation:
Traffic Studies Group, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1
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Summary

The fitting of the multifactorial model of disease transmission to the familial clustering of hysteria and sociopathy by Cloninger et al (1) involved an approximation. This note reports the results of fitting the bivariate Normal model exactly and also two other distributions.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 3 , March 1977 , pp. 294 - 297
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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