A critical assessment of the equal environment assumption of the twin method for schizophrenia

A critical assessment of the equal environment assumption of the twin method for schizophrenia

The classical twin method (CTM) is central to the view that schizophrenia is ~80% heritable. The CTM rests on the equal environments assumption (EEA) that identical and fraternal twin pairs experience equivalent trait relevant environmental exposures. The EEA has not been directly tested for schizop...

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Main Authors: Roar eFosse, Jay eJoseph, Ken eRichardson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Schizophrenia
Equal environment assumption
social adversities
Intraclass correlations
classical twin method
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00062/full

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