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- Title
Birth outcomes in the offspring of mentally disordered women.
- Authors
Zax, Melvin; Sameroff, Arnold J; Babigian, Haroutun M
- Abstract
The course of pregnancy and birth were studied among schizophrenic, neurotic depressive, and personality-disordered women, compared to a normal control group. The lighter birthweight of schizophrenic women's offspring was found more strongly related to the severity and chronicity of their mental illness than to the diagnosis itself. Children of neurotic depressive women had lower APGAR scores and more fetal deaths.
- Publication
The American journal of orthopsychiatry, 1977, Vol 47, Issue 2, p218
- ISSN
0002-9432
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1939-0025.1977.tb00977.x