PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS WITH DSM III ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER.
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Title
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PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS WITH DSM III ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER.
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Identifier
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AAI8302495
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identifier
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8302495
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Creator
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ECKERD, MARCIA BOGDANOFF.
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Contributor
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Herbert Nechin | Harold Wilensky
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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A comparison was made of psychiatric illnesses occurring in the first-degree relatives of 36 patients with DSM III antisocial personality disorder, 83 patients with DSM III borderline personality disorder, 100 patients with bipolar disorder, and 100 patients with schizophrenia. There was no evidence of a greater incidence of schizophrenia or bipolar illness in the antisocial relatives than in the comparison groups. There was some nonsignificant increase in the prevalence of major depression in these relatives, following the trend of borderline and bipolar relatives who showed significant tendencies towards major (unipolar) depressive illness. Relatives of antisocial patients and borderline patients have significantly higher morbid risk of personality disorder and alcoholism than do other groups, including the normal population. The relative of an antisocial patient was more likely to manifest personality disorders and alcoholism than the relative of a borderline patient, but these differences did not meet tests of significance and the relatives of these two groups of DSM III personality disorders resembled each other more than they did other groups.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Clinical Psychology
