"When fathers are in their thirties, children have about 1 1/2 times the risk of developing autism of children of fathers in their teens and twenties. Compared to the offspring of the youngest fathers, children of fathers in their forties have more than fives times the risk of developing autism, and children in their fifties have more than nine times the risk."
2006-11-19 10:27:59 · 5 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
psych-don have you heard of all the studies of schizophrenia and older fathers in families with history of the disease? These have been replicated since over and over again in different populations since 2001.
2006-11-19 11:30:04 · update #1
because psychology students have answered that they are in graduate school and have Never been taught about all the studies that link schizophrenia (non familial) and older fathers.
2006-11-19 16:32:29 · update #2
(What makes you think that they aren't? Because one person you know didn't know about it? It may help you to consider the bigger picture....)
This study is very, very recent! It was only published a few months ago, if that. It takes a few months for the word to spread about these things.
Besides, this study is not relevant to all psych grad students. It may be relevant to clinical, developmental, or child clinical students, but it's certainly less relevant to, say, social psych students.
2006-11-19 11:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by psych_donkey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with psych_donkey. Why do you think grad students aren't taught about this?
2006-11-19 15:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mister 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alex Is this your story?
※※※ http://www.osoq.com/funstuff/extra/extra02.asp?strName=alex
2006-11-19 10:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by lob o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 words, MEDICAL PRACTICE.
2006-11-19 10:42:26 · answer #4 · answered by travelin_jalapeno 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, thanks.
2016-03-29 01:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋