Methodological Issues Facing the Interpretation of High-risk Studies: Biological Heterogeneity
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Methodological issues facing the interpretation of high-risk studies: biological heterogeneity.
High-risk studies provide a unique opportunity to examine the interaction of biological vulnerability and psychosocial factors in the development of the major psychiatric illnesses. To parcel out the effects of psychosocial variables, high-risk populations need to be separated into offspring who are and who are not biologically/genetically vulnerable, since psychosocial modifiers will be intera...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/13.3.525