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Electrodermal Activity and its Relevance to Vulnerability Research in Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Robert Olbrich
Robert Olbrich*
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Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
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Current interest in vulnerability to schizophrenia has been stimulated mainly by the work of Zubin and associates (Zubin & Spring, 1977; Zubin & Steinhauer, 1981). Figure 1, which was first published by Zubin & Spring in 1977, illustrates the basic idea common to every diathesis-stress model: The outbreak of a psychotic episode cannot be explained solely by referring to environmental events: a susceptibility of the individual has also to be taken into account. Ways to identify vulnerable individuals were discussed by Zubin & Steinhauer (1981), who introduced the important distinction between trait as opposed to episode markers. Only stable characteristics relate to vulnerability.

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II. From the Perspective of Neurobiology and Pharmacotherapy
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue S5: Schizophrenia as a Systems Disorder: The Relevance of Mediating Processes for Theory and Therapy , July 1989 , pp. 40 - 45
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