title: [Study of mortality under 30 years of age in families of psychotic patients].
abstract: After O. Bourguignon's studies (1984), the authors made the following assumption: there is an higher mortality rate before 30 years in families including at least one psychotic. This assumption is confirmed, as far as brothers, sisters and children are concerned, for 101 psychotics compared to 101 control-subjects. This higher death-rate in young subjects is associated in these psychotics' families with greater psychiatric morbidity, with higher rates of celibacy and break-ups of couples. It is the opinion of the authors that these phenomena should be interpreted as portent of a possible extinction of the lineage.
authors.affiliation: Département Universitaire de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourguignon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stylianidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Livartowski
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bourguignon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D011618:Psychotic Disorders; D012559:Schizophrenia; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Etude de la mortalité avant 30 ans dans les familles de psychotiques.