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Is delusional depression related to bipolar disorder?

Myrna M. Weissman, B A Prusoff, Kathleen Ries Merikangas

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In a family study of major depression, the prevalence of bipolar illness was nearly six times as high among the relatives of delusionally depressed probands as among the relatives of nondelusionally depressed probands or of controls.

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In a family study of major depression, the prevalence of bipolar illness was nearly six times as high among the relatives of delusionally depressed probands as among the relatives of nondelusionally depressed probands or of controls.

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In a family study of major depression, the prevalence of bipolar illness was nearly six times as high among the relatives of delusionally depressed probands as among the relatives of nondelusionally depressed probands or of controls.

Key concepts: Proband, Depression (economics), Bipolar disorder, Bipolar illness, Psychiatry, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Medicine

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