Journal article
Bipolar affective disorder and high achievement: a familial association
The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.146(8), pp.983-988
08/1989
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.146.8.983
PMID: 2750997
Abstract
The authors studied 442 probands with nonbipolar major depression, 64 with bipolar II disorder, and 88 with bipolar I disorder. Although the proband groups did not differ in occupational or educational achievement, the first-degree relatives of probands with bipolar disorders had significantly higher mean levels of achievement than did those of probands with nonbipolar disorder. This pattern applied whether or not the relatives themselves had bipolar illness. The authors conclude that the socioeconomic advantage previously associated with affective disorder in general may be limited to the bipolar forms.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bipolar affective disorder and high achievement: a familial association
- Creators
- W Coryell - National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression--Clinical Studies, Iowa City, IAJ EndicottM KellerN AndreasenW GroveR M HirschfeldW Scheftner
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American journal of psychiatry, Vol.146(8), pp.983-988
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1176/ajp.146.8.983
- PMID
- 2750997
- ISSN
- 0002-953X
- eISSN
- 1535-7228
- Grant note
- R01 MH025478 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1989
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984003465802771
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