Type of feeding during infancy and later development of schizophrenia

Nutrition may be critical for neurodevelopment and can affect the later development of schizophrenia. Recently, a marked reduction in breast-feeding was reported in infants that developed schizophrenia in later life (McCreadie, R.G., 1997. The Nithsdale Schizophrenia Surveys. 16. Breast-feeding and...

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Published in:Schizophrenia research 2000-03, Vol.42 (1), p.79-82
Main Authors: Sasaki, Tsukasa, Okazaki, Yuji, Akaho, Rie, Masui, Kanji, Harada, Seiichi, Lee, Ilbong, Takazawa, Satoru, Takahashi, Shojiro, Iida, Shigeru, Takakuwa, Mitsutoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Bottle-feeding
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Breast-feeding
Child Development - physiology
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Female
Food, Formulated
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurodevelopment
Nutrition
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Nutrition may be critical for neurodevelopment and can affect the later development of schizophrenia. Recently, a marked reduction in breast-feeding was reported in infants that developed schizophrenia in later life (McCreadie, R.G., 1997. The Nithsdale Schizophrenia Surveys. 16. Breast-feeding and schizophrenia: preliminary results and hypothesis. Br. J. Psychiatr. 170, 334–337). In the present study, we investigated feeding patterns during the infancy of 100 schizophrenia patients, 37 of their siblings and 200 age-matched healthy controls using a structured written questionnaire. Having been breast-fed was not negatively associated with schizophrenia.
ISSN:0920-9964
1573-2509
DOI:10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00102-4