Psychiatric morbidity among relatives of different subgroups of neurotic depression.
The morbidity risk for affective disorders was calculated among the relatives of subgroups of reactive-neurotic depressive patients. The patients were divided into reactive and neurotic depressives. The parents of the neurotic subgroup had a significantly lower morbidity risk of affective disorders in comparison with the parents of the reactive subgroup. The role of genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of reactive-neurotic depression was discussed.
D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D012306:Risk