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Affective Illness in First Degree Relatives, Parental Loss and Family Jointness in Depressive Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. Venkoba Rao
A. Venkoba Rao*
Affiliation:
Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India
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Manic-depressive illness is believed to comprise two different clinical entities: Bipolar and Monopolar. This paper aims to study any differences there may be between monopolar and bipolar depressions in respect of three factors: occurrence of affective disorder (including suicide) in first degree relatives; parental death before the patients' twelfth birthday and the extent of ‘jointness' (Khatri, 1970) of the patients' family.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 570 , May 1973 , pp. 601 - 602
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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Khatri, A. A. (1970). Manual of the Scale to Measure Jointness of Families in India. Ahmedabad, India: B.M. Institute.Google Scholar
Venkoba Rao, A. (1970). ‘A study of depression as prevalent in South India.’ Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review, 7, 165–7.Google Scholar
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