Studien fiber vererbung und entstehung geistiger störungen. I. Zur vererbung und neuentstehung der dementia praeeox

Abstract and review of “studien über ver

Abstract and review of “studien über vererbung und entstehung geistiger störungen. I. Zur vererbung und neuentstehung der dementia praecox.” (Studies on the inheritance and origin of mental illness: I. To the problem of the inheritance and primary origin of dementia praecox.)

✍ Kendler, Kenneth S.; Zerbin-Rüdin, Edith 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 540 KB

The first major family study of schizophrenia, reported by Ernst Rüdin in 1916, examined 2,732 siblings of 755 probands, diagnosed according to the teachings of Kraepelin. This study, the goal of which was to see whether the segregation pattern of schizophrenia in siblings conformed to simple mendel