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- Title
Family-of-origin characteristics in bipolar disorder: a controlled study.
- Authors
Cooke, Robert G; Trevor Young, L; Mohri, Linda; Blake, Pamela; Joffe, Russell T; Cooke, R G; Young, L T; Mohri, L; Blake, P; Joffe, R T
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To assess the family-of-origin characteristics of patients with bipolar disorder relative to those of control subjects.<bold>Method: </bold>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.<bold>Results: </bold>The 2 groups showed strikingly similar profiles on 10 indices of family functioning or structure.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The results do not support the hypothesis that specific family attributes contribute to the development of bipolar disorder.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with bipolar disorder; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; BIPOLAR disorder; COMPARATIVE studies; FAMILY health; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; FAMILY relations; EVALUATION research; SOCIAL context; RETROSPECTIVE studies; CASE-control method; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1999, Vol 44, Issue 4, p379
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674379904400409