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Schizophrenics with a family history of bipolar disorder. Possible involvement of obstetric complications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H Verdoux  and
M Bourgeois
H Verdoux
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bordeaux, Centre Carreire, 121 rue de la Béchade, 33076Bordeaux, France
M Bourgeois
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bordeaux, Centre Carreire, 121 rue de la Béchade, 33076Bordeaux, France
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Summary

The case reports of two DSM III-R schizophrenic patients with a family history of bipolar disorder are presented. The two patients had a history of severe obstetric complications (OCs). These cases are discussed in the light of neurodevelopmental theories of schizophrenia and in the continuum view of psychosis.

Keywords

obstetric complicationsschizophreniabipolar disordercontinuum
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Rapid communication
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , 1993 , pp. 223 - 226
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1993

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