Article
Continuity and discontinuity of affective disorders and schizophrenia. Results of a controlled family study.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Nov 1993
Maier W, Lichtermann D, Minges J, Hallmayer J, Heun R, Benkert O, Levinson D F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is widely acknowledged that the genetic diatheses for schizophrenia and affective disorders are independent. However, there are increasing doubts about this classic view, and empirical evidence for a dichotomy of these two prototypes of functional psychoses is limited. A controlled...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Bipolar Disorder
- Comorbidity
- Depressive Disorder
- Family
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- Psychotic Disorders
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia
- Sex Factors