Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0285 |
| Title: | Association of prenatal and perinatal complications with subsequent bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. |
| Author(s): | Buka SL |
| Reference: | Schizophrenia Research 1999; 39 (2): 113-19. |
| Place of Study: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This paper is a review of the recent literature on the association between pregnancy and birth complications and mental diseases, particularly shizophrenia and manic depressive psychosis (bipolar disorder). Three of the four studies comparing bipolar cases with normal controls indicated a positive association of pregnancy and birth complications with bipolar disorder in adult life. |
| Keyword(s): | bipolar disorder, birth complications, manic depressive psychosis, pregnancy complications, psychosis, schizophrenia |
| Discussion: | See entries no 63, 64, 65, 66 and 260. |
| See Also: | 0063, 0064, 0065, 0066, 0260 |
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