Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 168-174 , May 2004

Affective disorders in the first-degree relatives of bipolar probands: results from the south island bipolar study

  • Peter R Joyce

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Professor Peter R. Joyce, Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand
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  • Carolyn J Doughty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
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  • J.Elisabeth Wells

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
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  • Anne E.S Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Community Mental Health, Hawkes Bay District Health Board, Hastings, New Zealand
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  • Anita Admiraal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand
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  • Marianne Lill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand
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  • Robin J Olds

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand

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☆ Supported by grants from the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

PII: S0010-440X(04)00020-3

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.02.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 168-174 , May 2004

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