1. Family-of-origin characteristics in bipolar disorder: a controlled study.
- Author
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Cooke RG, Young LT, Mohri L, Blake P, and Joffe RT
- Subjects
- Adult, Case-Control Studies, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Bipolar Disorder psychology, Family Health, Social Environment
- Abstract
Objective: To assess the family-of-origin characteristics of patients with bipolar disorder relative to those of control subjects., Method: Fifty-six euthymic patients meeting research diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder and 21 control subjects completed the Family Environment Scale (FES) for the family they grew up with., Results: The 2 groups showed strikingly similar profiles on 10 indices of family functioning or structure., Conclusions: The results do not support the hypothesis that specific family attributes contribute to the development of bipolar disorder.
- Published
- 1999
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