title: Familial rates of affective illness in Sardinia with special reference to schizoaffective disorder.
abstract: Familial rates of psychiatric disorders were studied in southern Sardinia and showed an increase in relatives of probands with the following research diagnostic criteria (RDC) diagnoses: normal, unipolar depression, schizoaffective depressive, schizoaffective bipolar, bipolar with mania and bipolar with hypomania. A significantly higher risk for bipolar schizoaffective disorder was observed in relatives of bipolar schizoaffectives compared with relatives of normal probands.
authors: Department of Neurosciences B.B. Brodie University of Cagliari, Italy.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bocchetta
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Bernardi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Garau
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Migoni
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mulas
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pedditzi
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Del Zompo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D012307:Risk Factors