Evidence that the wider social environment moderates the association between familial liability and psychosis spectrum outcome

BİNBAY İ. T., Drukker M., ALPTEKİN K., ELBİ H., Tanik F. A., Ozkinay F., ...More

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, vol.42, no.12, pp.2499-2510, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s0033291712000700
  • Journal Name: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2499-2510
  • Keywords: Familial liability, modifiers, neighbourhood, psychosis, social capital, INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW, MENTAL-HEALTH, GENERAL-POPULATION, NEIGHBORHOOD, SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORDER, INSTRUMENT, CONTINUUM, POVERTY, TURKEY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background. Familial liability to both severe and common mental disorder predicts psychotic disorder and psychotic symptoms, and may be used as a proxy in models examining interaction between genetic risk and the environment at individual and contextual levels.