Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0585 |
| Title: | Pregnancy and birth complications in antisocial adolescents and their siblings |
| Author(s): | Szatmari P, Reitsma-Street M, Offord DR |
| Reference: | Can J Psychiatry. 1986 Aug;31(6):513-6 |
| Place of Study: | Canada |
| Abstract: | The authors compared the frequency of pregnancy and birth complications (PBC) from hospital records in antisocial adolescents and their same-sexed siblings who were relatively clear of antisocial behaviour. Probands, as a group, were not more likely to have had more PBC than their siblings, however, if there was a difference in complication frequency, it was usually the proband who was affected. The only effect of PBC within a pair was on the school performance and reading achievement of the proband. These results suggests that PBC may provide a marker for a subgroup of antisocial youth with a different etiology than similarly disturbed adolescents without PBC |
| Keyword(s): | antisocial personality disorder, birth complications |
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