Psychoses of the Schizophrenic Spectrum in Twins: A Discussion on the Nature - Nurture Debate in the Etiology of "Endogenous" Psychoses

Contradictory results in schizophrenia research are generally explained as being due to genetic heterogeneity and multiple factor heredity in relationship to manifold environmental factors. The book reports a short overview of all relevant twin studies on schizophrenic psychoses and provides data and case histories on a systematic twin study based on a polydiagnostic approach carried out by two independently working psychiatrists. In addition to the internationally applied operational diagn...