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Attempted suicide and alcoholism in bipolar disorder: clinical and familial relationships.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Dec 2000
Potash J B, Kane H S, Chiu Y F, Simpson S G, MacKinnon D F, McInnis M G, McMahon F J, DePaulo J R
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the clinical and familial relationships between comorbid alcoholism and attempted suicide in affectively ill relatives of probands with bipolar I disorder. METHOD: In 71 families ascertained for a genetic linkage study, 337 subjects with major affective disorder were assessed by using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime Version. RESULTS: Subjects with...
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