1. Family-of-origin characteristics in bipolar disorder: a controlled study
- Author
-
L. T. Young, Robert G. Cooke, Blake P, Joffe Rt, and Mohri L
- Subjects
Gynecology ,Adult ,Family Health ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychoanalysis ,Bipolar Disorder ,Family functioning ,Social environment ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Social Environment ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Case-Control Studies ,medicine ,Family of origin ,Humans ,Female ,Bipolar disorder ,Family Relations ,Family Environment Scale ,Psychology ,Retrospective Studies - 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