02 July 2009
Journal of Affective Disorders
MedWire News: The offspring of bipolar disorder patients have an increased risk for anxiety, sleep, mood, and substance use disorders, which, in turn, places them at an increased risk for bipolar disorder, say Canadian scientists.
A broad range of symptoms and disorders from across the spectrum of psychiatric problems have been diagnosed in bipolar offspring. It has not been established, however, whether or not there is a predictable clinical sequence from non-specific, non-mood psychopathology to specific, mood psychopathology in offspring.
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