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A Comparison of Symptoms and Familial Illness

John E. Helzer, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975;32(9):1140-1143.

Abstract
• Eleven black and 19 white men with conditions diagnosed as manic-depressive disease, manic type were given a systematic psychiatric interview. In addition, as many of their first-degree relatives as could be contacted were also interviewed. Demographic, clinical, and family history variables were compared for the two races.

With the exception of a greater preponderance of alcoholism in the paternal relatives of the black men, few differences were found between the two groups in terms of the variables studied. It was concluded that the clinical and familial expression of bipolar affective disorder is similar in the two races.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 25, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave, St. Louis, MO (Dr. Helzer).

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