title: Manic-depressive illness: psychodynamic features of multigenerational families.
abstract: Psychodynamic features of families with multigenerational bipolar manic-depressive illness are described. Repetitive maladaptive patterns, including avoidance of affect, unrealistic standards of conformity, absence of intimate relationships apart from family, displaced parental low self-esteem, and fears related to illness heritability, may influence the maintenance of family pathology.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology