121) The Genetic study of affective disorders
Author: Sompop Ruangtrakool
Year: 1978
Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 23, No. 4, December 1978, Page 397-406
The genetic study on a sample of patients with affective disorders is carried out. The genetic analysis includes 173 affective disorder probands, representing 173 families. One hundred and twebty eight probands had experienced exclusively depession (unipolar affective disorder), and the remainders both mania and depression (bipolar affective disorder). The frequency of affective disorders were investigated among parents, siblings and children, and were throughout found to be some what increas...