Head circumference in elderly long-stay patients with schizophrenia.
The head circumference of a long-stay population with schizophrenia was compared with that of a population with dementia, matched for sex and year of birth. Schizophrenics had a smaller head circumference, even after correction for height and weight. This confirms earlier but inconclusive and controversial reports, and might be taken as supporting a neurodevelopmental hypothesis of the aetiology of schizophrenia.
Jones
G H
GH
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff.
Lewis
J E
JE
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology