Stress And Schizophrenia

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Severe Maternal Stress Linked to Schizophrenia in Children

 

Pregnant women exposed to high stress situations are more likely to have children who go on to develop schizophrenia. Stress of the type endured during natural disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes is as devastating as that experienced in a war zone, according to the latest research.

 

Professor Delores Malaspina, of New York University School of Medicine and colleagues, reviewed data from over 88,000 medical records of people born in Jerusalem between 1964 and 1976. Children of women...

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