Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 401. doi: 10.1192/pb.25.10.401-b
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 401
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
That Praecox feeling
Sebastian Kraemer, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Tavistock Clinic and Whittington Hospital, London
Sir: Anonymous (Psychiatric Bulletin, July 2001,
25, 275) should not be too worried that his or her children will
develop schizophrenia. The Finnish adoptive family study
(Tienari et al, 1994)
suggests that the genetic risk is buffered by a happy family.
References
TIENARI, P., WYNNE, I. C., MORING, J. et al
(1994) The Finnish adoptive family study of schizophrenia.
Implications for family research. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 164 (suppl. 23),
20-26.