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An Icelandic Family Study of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jon L. Karlsson
Jon L. Karlsson*
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National Archives, Reykjavik, Iceland
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At the present time there is a renewal of interest in the contribution of biological factors to schizophrenic illness. This stems in part from the success of pharmacological treatment and in part from the impressive findings in studies of foster-reared relatives of schizophrenics. While the pendulum of emphasis thus seems to be generally swinging in favour of constitutional influences, recent reports on twin studies have tended to go in the opposite direction. As will be discussed below, this development is largely attributable to a methodological error in the most recent twin investigations.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 576 , November 1973 , pp. 549 - 554
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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Footnotes

A synopsis of this paper was published in the May 1973 Journal.

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