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Depressive Disease: Familial Psychiatric Illness

JOE DORZAB, MAX BAKER, REMI J. CADORET, and GEORGE WINOKURAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 9

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.9.1128

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Data from families of 100 intensively studied patients with depressive disease (unipolar affective disorder) and a review of the literature suggest that genetic factors play a role in the etiology of depressive disease. It is also possible that this disease may in fact be a heterogeneous group of illnesses with different manifestations, for example, in males and females. The authors stress the need for further studies to test their hypothesis.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 9 • March 1971

Pages: 1128 - 1133

PubMed: 5100603

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Published in print: March 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOE DORZAB

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MAX BAKER

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REMI J. CADORET

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GEORGE WINOKUR

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Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110

Clinical Associate, Section on Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110

Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110

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Depressive Disease: Familial Psychiatric Illness

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