Birth order and schizophrenia
Joint Authors
Semnami, Y.
Zahir al-Din, Ali Rida
Source
Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital
Issue
Vol. 4, Issue 2 (31 Jan. 2002), pp.31-33, 3 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2002-01-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Schizophrenia is an important disorder in psychiatry with an unknown etiology.
Many factors (e.g.
birth order) have been mentioned as its risk factor.
Since few studies with scientific designs on birth order and schizophrenia have been performed in Iran, this study was conducted. Every consecutive patient in psychiatric ward for 3 months was assessed and categorized according to the DSM-IV into four groups (i.e.
schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar, major depressive disorder and others) and demographic characteristics (age, sex, birth order and family size) were evaluated. In comparison with the non-schizophrenic group, this study indicated that schizophrenia is more prevalent among the first-born children (P<0.01), even in schizophrenic group itself, the-born child was more commonly affected (P<0.001).
This result was independent from age, sex and family size.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zahir al-Din, Ali Rida& Semnami, Y.. 2002. Birth order and schizophrenia. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital،Vol. 4, no. 2, pp.31-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61653
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zahir al-Din, Ali Rida& Semnami, Y.. Birth order and schizophrenia. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital Vol. 4, no. 2 (Jan. 2002), pp.31-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61653
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zahir al-Din, Ali Rida& Semnami, Y.. Birth order and schizophrenia. Medical Journal of the Iranian Hospital. 2002. Vol. 4, no. 2, pp.31-33.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-61653
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 32-33
Record ID
BIM-61653