Abstract
Abstract
French
In a matched controlled study, 26 acute schizoaffective patients had significantly more parental loss before 17 years of age than 26 non-depressed schizophrenics. Schizo-affective disorder may occur in schizophrenics with risk factors for depression such as parental loss before 17 years of age.
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