Being Born in Winter-Spring and at Around the Time of an Influenza Pandemic Are Risk Factors for the Development of Schizophrenia: The Apna Study in Navarre, Spain.
Miguel Angel Alvarez de MonSara Guillen-AguinagaVictor Pereira-SanchezLuc OnambeleMoad J Al-RahamnehAntonio Brugos-LarumbeFrancisco Guillen-GrimaFelipe OrtuñoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
The winter-spring period and the influenza pandemics are independent risk factors for developing schizophrenia. This study contradicts many previous studies and thus revitalizes a locked debate in understanding the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of this disorder.