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Family Psychiatric Morbidity, Parental Deprivation and Socio-Economic Status in Cases of Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. D. Chopra
H. D. Chopra*
Affiliation:
Lakeside Hospital, P.O. Box 63, Ballarat, Victoria, 3350, Australia
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Extract

Manic-depressive psychosis is considered to comprise two different clinical entities, bipolar and monopolar. This dichotomy is based mainly on Western clinical material. The present study aimed at eliciting any differences that might exist between monopolar and bipolar manic patients in respect of three factors: (i) occurrence of psychiatric illness in first degree relatives; (ii) parental death before the patient's 15th birthday; and (iii) socio-economic status of the patient. Venkoba Rao (1973) studied the differences between monopolar and bipolar endogenous depressives on three factors: occurrence of affective disorder (including suicide) in first degree relatives; parental loss before the patient's 12th birthday, and the extent of ‘jointness' of the patient's family.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 2 , February 1975 , pp. 191 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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Venkoba Rao, A. (1973) Affective illness in first-degree relatives, parental loss and family jointness in depressive disorders. Brit. J. Psychiat., 122, 601–2.Google Scholar
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