Lifetime Psychiatric Disorders in School-aged Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder

Whether offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BP) are at specifically high risk to develop BP and other psychiatric disorders has not been adequately studied.To evaluate lifetime prevalence and specificity of psychiatric disorders in offspring of parents with BP-I and BP-II.Offspring aged 6 to 18 years who have parents with BP and community control subjects were interviewed with standardized instruments. All research staff except the...