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May 17, 2005
Maternal Exposure To Parasitic Infection May Increase Schizophrenia Risk
A study published last month in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests an association between maternal exposure to toxoplasmosis and increased risk for developing schizophrenia in adult children. The study, which evaluated archived blood samples from pregnant women who participated in a large birth cohort called the Child Health and Development Study (CHDS) from 1959�1967, was conducted by researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University,...
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Posted on May 17, 2005 01:31 PM by schizo284.
Filed in Mental Health Update under schizophrenia.
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