Familial rates of affective illness in Sardinia with special reference to schizoaffective disorder

Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1990;240(1):16-20. doi: 10.1007/BF02190087.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bipolar Disorder / epidemiology
  • Bipolar Disorder / genetics*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
  • Depressive Disorder / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology
  • Psychotic Disorders / genetics*
  • Risk Factors