A Family Study of Schizoaffective, Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Unipolar, and Normal Control Probands

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1982, Pages 1157-1167

  Gershon, Elliot S ^a   Hamovit, Joel ^a   Guroff, Juliet J ^a   Dibble, Eleanor ^b   Leckman, James F ^c   Sceery, Walter ^a   Targum, Steven D ^d   Nurnberger, John I ^a   Goldin, Lynn R ^a   Bunney, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Services Administration   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Psychiatric Institute of Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOPATHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0019975573     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1982.04290100031006     Document Type: Article

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