Abstract
Huxley, Mayr, Osmond and Hoffer recently proposed1 the hypothesis that schizophrenia was a genetic morphism. This was based on three main streams of evidence: (1) genetic; (2) clinical; (3) biochemical. Baldessarini and Snyder2 criticized this hypothesis for being premature. But every hypothesis is premature, for once the basic data are well established hypotheses are not required.
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HOFFER, A. Schizophrenia as a Genetic Morphism. Nature 208, 306 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208306a0
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