Schizophrenia linked to mother’s low weight during pregnancy
[PRESS RELEASE 23 FEB. 2017] Children born to mothers who gained too little weight during pregnancy were at increased risk for schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses later in life, according to new epidemiological research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings, which are published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, confirm the results of several important historical studies that showed a link between exposure to famine while in the womb and increased risk of schizophrenia later in life.Non-affective psychoses are a set of severe psychiatric disorders including