Psychological medicine
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Psychological medicine · Aug 2008
Scholastic achievement at age 16 and risk of schizophrenia and other psychoses: a national cohort study.
There is abundant evidence that schizophrenia is associated with cognitive deficits in childhood. However, previous studies investigating school performance have been inconclusive. Furthermore, there are several biological and social factors that could confound the association. We investigated whether school performance at age 16 is associated with risk of adult schizophrenia and other psychoses in a large national cohort, while controlling for multiple confounders. ⋯ Poor school performance across all domains is strongly associated with risk for schizophrenia and other psychoses.