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Severe stressful events early in pregnancy may be associated with schizophrenia among offspring
02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!Children of women who undergo an extremely stressful event -- such as the death of a close relative -- during the first trimester of pregnancy appear more likely to develop schizophrenia, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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