Research by the Mednick Group Found That a Major Predictor

question 36

Multiple Choice

Research by the Mednick group found that a major predictor of schizophrenia in high-risk children is ________.

• A)mother absenteeism during childhood
• B)difficulties or complications during childbirth
• C)drinking by the mother in the last three months of pregnancy
• D)an episode of high fever sometime during the first three months of infancy

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