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School Performance of Adult Schizophrenics, Their Siblings and Age Mates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. R. Offord
D. R. Offord*
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa; Children's Division, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Ontario, Canada
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In a previous paper, a preliminary report (Offord and Cross, 1971) found that adult schizophrenics differed in their school performance from both their siblings and their age mates. For instance, the pre-schizophrenics were significantly more likely than their siblings to have repeated at least one grade in elementary school and to have scored significantly lower on childhood IQ, tests than their siblings and age mates.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 584 , July 1974 , pp. 12 - 19
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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