title: Psychiatric morbidity in the families of paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia patients.
abstract: A total of 1018 and 812 first degree relatives (FDR) of schizoprencies and controls respectively, were studied to find out the psychiatric morbidity in the families of paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia patients. The risk of schizophrenia and affective disorders was found to be independent of the probands subtype diagnosis. The risk for schizoid-schizotypal and paranoid personality disorders was found to be increased in the first degree relatives of paranoid schizophrenic, as compared to non-paranoid schizophrenic, thus suggesting that the psychopathology in the FDR may differ with the subtype diagnosis of the proband.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chugh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000235:genetics