Biomaterial Database

Early death of a parent as an etiological factor in schizophrenia. 1979

Norman F Watt, and Armand Nicholi

University of Denver.

Results of three separate studies comparing adult schizophrenic and other psychiatric patients suggest that premature death of a parent may be a contributing factor in the etiology of schizophrenia. This finding was not attributable to a genetically-linked tendency toward suicide in parents. Parental death was found to occur earlier among schizophrenics than other patients and, in two studies, to be most frequent among schizophrenics with predominantly paranoid symptoms.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008426	Maternal Deprivation	Prolonged separation of the offspring from the mother.	Deprivation, Maternal,Deprivations, Maternal,Maternal Deprivations
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010333	Paternal Deprivation	Prolonged separation of the offspring from the father.	Deprivation, Paternal,Deprivations, Paternal,Paternal Deprivations
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006117	Grief	Normal, appropriate sorrowful response to an immediate cause. It is self-limiting and gradually subsides within a reasonable time.	Mourning,Griefs,Mournings
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man