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Estimating the familial risk of psychiatric illnesses: A review of family history scores.
Asian journal of psychiatry - 1 Feb 2021
Ali Furkhan, Sreeraj Vanteemar S, Nadella Ravi Kumar, Holla Bharath, Mahadevan Jayant, Ithal Dhruva, Balachander Srinivas, Viswanath Biju, Venkatasubramanian Ganesan, John John P, Reddy Y C Janardhan, Jain Sanjeev
Abstract excerpt
A history of psychiatric illnesses in family members of those diagnosed to have an illness has been of significant interest both in research and in clinical practice. Almost all of the major psychiatric illnesses have a familial component to them, perhaps influenced by genetics and a shared environment or their combination. Systematic attempts have been made to quantify these familial risks, as obtained from...
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