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Comparative Study
. 1977 Apr;47(2):218-230.
doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1977.tb00977.x.

Birth outcomes in the offspring of mentally disordered women

Melvin Zax  1 , Arnold J Sameroff  1 , Haroutun M Babigian  1
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Comparative Study

Birth outcomes in the offspring of mentally disordered women

Melvin Zax et al. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1977 Apr.

Abstract

The course of pregnancy and birth were studied among schizophrenic, neurotic depressive, and personality-disordered women, compared to a normal control group. The lighter birthweight of schizophrenic women's offspring was found more strongly related to the severity and chronicity of their mental illness than to the diagnosis itself. Children of neurotic depressive women had lower APGAR scores and more fetal deaths.

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