Pre-morbid adjustment and personality in psychosis. Effects of sex and diagnosis

Foerster, A., Lewis, S., Owen, Michael John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4798-0862 and Murray, R. 1991. Pre-morbid adjustment and personality in psychosis. Effects of sex and diagnosis. British Journal of Psychiatry 158 (2) , pp. 171-176. 10.1192/bjp.158.2.171

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Abstract

Pre-morbid schizoid and schizotypal traits and social adjustment were assessed blind to diagnosis by interviewing the mothers of 73 consecutively admitted patients with DSM-III schizophrenia or affective psychosis. Analysis of factors associated with pre-morbid deficits showed a highly significant interaction of diagnosis with sex, such that schizophrenic men showed much greater pre-morbid impairment than either schizophrenic women or men with affective disorder. Poor pre-morbid adjustment predicted an early age at first admission. The results can be explained by a neurodevelopmental disorder in some schizophrenic males.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Medicine Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:26
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/81051

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