Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients

The well known advances in molecular genetics have lent new importance to the evidence that the disorders are genetically transmitted, raising the hope that vulnerable individuals, rational and definitive treatments may be identified, based on the discovery of specific deficits.At the same time, epi...

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Main Authors: Varma, Shashjit Lal, Zain, Azhar Md, Singh, Suarn
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 1999
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Zain, Azhar Md
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description The well known advances in molecular genetics have lent new importance to the evidence that the disorders are genetically transmitted, raising the hope that vulnerable individuals, rational and definitive treatments may be identified, based on the discovery of specific deficits.At the same time, epidemiological evidence points to a secular increase in mood disorders in recent decades that interacts with familial vulnerability, but also must include major non genetic causative factors.Twin and adoption studies show that vulnerability to a disorder has a genetic component.Family studies indicate in a particular population the degree to which a disorder is familial, which diagnostic entities or other characteristics share familial transmission with a particular disorder and perhaps most importantly, allow the testing of hypothesis regarding the mode of genetic transmission.
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spelling usm-424162020-03-20T04:36:13Z http://eprints.usm.my/42416/ Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients Varma, Shashjit Lal Zain, Azhar Md Singh, Suarn RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy The well known advances in molecular genetics have lent new importance to the evidence that the disorders are genetically transmitted, raising the hope that vulnerable individuals, rational and definitive treatments may be identified, based on the discovery of specific deficits.At the same time, epidemiological evidence points to a secular increase in mood disorders in recent decades that interacts with familial vulnerability, but also must include major non genetic causative factors.Twin and adoption studies show that vulnerability to a disorder has a genetic component.Family studies indicate in a particular population the degree to which a disorder is familial, which diagnostic entities or other characteristics share familial transmission with a particular disorder and perhaps most importantly, allow the testing of hypothesis regarding the mode of genetic transmission. 1999 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42416/1/GP...Psychiatric_Morbidity_In_The_First_Degree_Relatives_Of_Mood_Disorder_Patients..OCR...pdf Varma, Shashjit Lal and Zain, Azhar Md and Singh, Suarn (1999) Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients. In: Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients. (Submitted)
spellingShingle RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
Varma, Shashjit Lal
Zain, Azhar Md
Singh, Suarn
Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title_full Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title_fullStr Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title_full_unstemmed Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title_short Psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
title_sort psychiatric morbidity in the first degree relatives of mood disorder patients
topic RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
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