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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 144, No. 3

REGULAR ARTICLES | March 01, 1987

High rate of affective disorders in probands with attention deficit disorder and in their relatives: a controlled family study

Am J Psychiatry 1987;144:330-333.

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In a controlled family study of attention deficit disorder, data were collected on first-degree relatives of 22 children with attention deficit disorder and 20 normal children. The rate of major affective disorder was significantly higher in the attention deficit disorder probands (32%) and their relatives (27%) than in the normal control subjects (0%) and their relatives (6%). The findings indicate that attention deficit disorder is associated with higher risk for affective disorder and suggest that probands who have both disorders may represent a distinct subgroup.

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