A Toufeili, E Cohen, J G Ray, A S Wilton, H K Brown, N R Saunders, C L Dennis, A C Holloway, K M Morrison, G E Hanley, T F Oberlander, A Bérard, K Tu, L C Barker, S N Vigod
PURPOSE: Maternal schizophrenia is linked to complications in offspring near the time of birth. Whether there is also a higher future risk of the child having a complex chronic condition (CCC) - a pediatric condition affecting any bodily system expected to last at least 12 months that is severe enough to require specialty care and/or a period of hospitalization - is not known. METHODS: In this population-based health administrative data cohort study (Ontario, Canada, 1995-2018), the risk for CCC was compared in 5066 children of women with schizophrenia (the exposed) vs...
March 2022: Schizophrenia Research