Article
[Cycloid psychoses as atypical manic-depressive disorders. Results of a family study].
Der Nervenarzt - 1 Sept 2006
Jabs B, Althaus G, Bartsch A, Schmidtke A, Stöber G, Beckmann H, Pfuhlmann B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Whereas a growing body of evidence suggests that cycloid psychoses have to be separated from schizophrenic psychoses, their relations to bipolar affective disorder are less clear. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a controlled family study, we recruited 46 patients with cycloid psychosis (CP), 33 with manic-depressive illness (MDI), and 27 controls. Three hundred fifty-six of 389 living first-degree relatives...
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