Familial rates of affective illness in Sardinia with special reference to schizoaffective disorder |
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| Authors: | Alberto Bocchetta Fortunato Bernardi Luisanna Garau Massimo Migoni Sandra Mulas Mariangela Pedditzi Maria Del Zompo |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Neurosciences  B.B.Brodie , University of Cagliari, Via Porcell 4, I-09124 Cagliari, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Summary Familial rates of psychiatric disorders were studied in southern Sardinia and showed an increase in relatives of probands with the following research diagnostic criteria (RDC) diagnoses: normal, unipolar depression, schizoaffective depressive, schizoaffective bipolar, bipolar with mania and bipolar with hypomania. A significantly higher risk for bipolar schizoaffective disorder was observed in relatives of bipolar schizoaffectives compared with relatives of normal probands.Supported by a grant from Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Assessorato all'Igiene e Sanità |
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| Keywords: | Affective disorders Schizoaffective disorders Bipolar Unipolar Familial rates |
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