Article
Affective illness in family members and matched controls.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 1995
Nelson E, Rice J, Rochberg N, Endicott J, Coryell W, Akiskal H S
Abstract excerpt
As part of the US National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression study, a subset of 460 randomly chosen relatives of affectively ill probands were compared to a control group matched by the acquaintanceship method. The rate of major affective disorder in relatives was found to be 36%; the rate among controls was 28%. Relatives were also found to have significantly...
Topics
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Personality Assessment
- Phenotype
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Psychometrics