Offspring of Patients with Affective Disorders: II

Abstract

Nineteen children, aged 5 to 15, of 13 manic-depressive parents and 21 children aged 5 to 15 of 13 normal parents were evaluated for affective disorder using blind ratings and interviewers and employing both the Weinberg Criteria and the DSM-III. Significantly more index families had depressed children than normal families as measured by Weinberg and DSM-III Criteria. The presence of depression in the children did not correlate with age or sex and no manic or psychotic children were seen.