Question

The data from studies of the biological and adoptive parents of children who receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia as adults show that the concordance rate of schizophrenia with biological relatives is:

a. higher than with adoptive relatives.
b. a direct function of the age at adoption.
c. lower than with adoptive relatives.
d. equally low with both biological and adoptive relatives.

Answer 1

The data studies of the biological and adoptive parents of children who receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia as adults show that the concordance rate of schizophrenia with biological relatives is higher than with adoptive relatives.