A Family Study of Manic-Depressive (Bipolar I) Disease

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether bipolar I illness is autonomous or part of a multifactorial continuum with unipolar depression. In this study, we compare familial bipolar I illness and depression among three groups: probands with bipolar I disorder; probands with primary unipolar disorder; and controls. We also examine a continuum of severity between psychotic and nonpsychotic patients with bipolar I disorder....

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