Family Study in Schizophrenia

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Schizophrenia; Family; Genetics

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00418912

SHEBA-06-4329-RG-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness which is considered to have, among other, a genetic etiology. One of the most efficient tools in genetic-psychiatry is the investigation of multiplex families.

The current study will identify patients of multiplex families and to map their family connections and the presence of mental illnesses among family members.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Schizophrenia
2. Multiplex family
3. Able to understand and sign the informed concent form.
4. Hebrew speaker