GENETIC STUDY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Genetic studies were carried out on a total of 196 psychiatric patients, hospitalized in Sorkhe Hesar, Roozbeh, Cherazi and Chaharom Aban hospitals. Out of all the patients studied, 74 were Schizophrenic, 30 Manic-Depressive, 47 Depressive (Neurotic), 12, Hysteric, 9 Epileptic and the remainder had...

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Main Author: D.D. Farhud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1979-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2650
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Summary:Genetic studies were carried out on a total of 196 psychiatric patients, hospitalized in Sorkhe Hesar, Roozbeh, Cherazi and Chaharom Aban hospitals. Out of all the patients studied, 74 were Schizophrenic, 30 Manic-Depressive, 47 Depressive (Neurotic), 12, Hysteric, 9 Epileptic and the remainder had different psychiatric diseases and conditions such as: anxiety and Phobia, scrupulousness mental retardation, sexual deviations, personality disorders and addiction. The schizophrenic group of patients had a strikingly heptomorphic physical constitution.
ISSN:2251-6085
2251-6093