Aino Saarinen

Magical thinking in individuals with high polygenic risk for schizophrenia but no non-affective psychoses—a general population study

Molecular Psychiatry May 3, 2022 Aino Saarinen, Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen, Jarmo Hietala et al. 22 citations

A strong genetic background for psychoses is well-established. Most individuals with a high genetic risk for schizophrenia, however, do not develop the disorder. We investigated whether individuals, who have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia but no non-affective psychotic disorders, are predisposed to develop milder forms of deviant thinking in terms of magical thinking. Participants came...