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An Anthropometric Comparison of Psychiatric Patients and their Siblings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Price
John Price*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Psychiatric Genetics Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5; Honorary Senior Registrar, The Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital
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For a long time it has been thought that deviations from the average in certain body measurements might be associated with an increased expectation of mental illness. The features to attract most interest have been size, linearity, and masculinity.

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Anthroponietric
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 521 , April 1969 , pp. 435 - 442
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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