TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Late-onset schizophrenia in child survivors of the holocaust
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Reulbach, Udo
A1  - Bleich, S.
A1  - Biermann, Teresa
A1  - Pfahlberg, Annette
A1  - Sperling, Wolfgang
SP  - 315
EP  - 319
VL  - 195
IS  - 4
N2  - According to the stress diathesis model, the probability of psychosis is increased in high-risk groups, a vulnerable one being the Holocaust child survivors. This study was conducted to inquire into the long-term effects of their Holocaust experience. We concentrated on a possible association between the onset of schizophrenia and the degree of persecution. Ninety-three medical files of Holocaust child survivors were recruited from sociomedical expert reports of the Restitution Office in Germany. The onset of schizophrenia was used as dependent variable in a categorical regression model. Regarding schizophrenia, exclusively late-onset schizophrenia could be diagnosed in our sample. Schizophrenia was significantly associated with the highest category of persecution (Fisher exact test, p < 0.001). In the categorical regression model, the category of persecution was a significant coefficient, only (F = 23.9, p < 0.001). The strong association between late onset of schizophrenia and the degree of persecution suggest an influence of stress exposure.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000261878.55882.55
ID  - ref1
ER  -