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Risk factors for the bipolar and depression spectra
Author(s) -
Angst J.,
Gamma A.,
Endrass J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.108.s418.4.x
Subject(s) - mania , family history , bipolar disorder , risk factor , psychology , depression (economics) , neuroticism , mood , mood disorders , psychiatry , clinical psychology , personality , medicine , anxiety , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Objective: To identify risk factors for mood disorders in a community sample studied from the ages of 20 to 35 years. Method: Social characteristics, a family history of mood disorders and some personality features were analysed as risk factors for bipolar and depressive disorders by means of logistic regression. Results: Frequent ‘ups and downs’ of mood were the strongest risk factor for both bipolar and depressive disorders; a weaker risk factor for both was emotional/vegetative lability (neuroticism). An additional risk factor for bipolar disorders was a positive family history of mania, whereas for depression it was a positive family history of depression/fatigue. As a risk factor for bipolar disorders, ‘ups and downs’ were much stronger than a positive family history of mania. Frequent ups and downs were independent of the family history of mood disorders. Conclusion: The results suggest that mood regulation should be investigated as a new, very important independent risk factor for mood disorders.