Abstract
We employed a case-control study design to investigate whether schizophrenic patients differed from non-psychotic psychiatric patients in terms of place of birth and paternal occupation. ''Cases'' were first-contact schizophrenic patients ascertained from the Camberwell Cumulative Psychiatric Case Register. ''Controls'' were the next (non-psychotic) patient on the Register matched for age and sex. In comparison with controls, cases were more likely to have: (1) been born in the deprived inner-city Camberwell catchment area (odds ratio 2.3), and (2) had fathers who had ''manual'' as opposed to ''non-manual'' occupations (odds ratio 2.1). The results were compatible with the notion that socio-economic deprivation during gestation and early life predisposes to later schizophrenia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 1993 |