mental health; topic 2 - Gottesman

Question 1

what is the AIM of the study?

Answer 1

to investigate how vulnerable children are to developing a mental illness when they have two parents with a mental illness, specifically those suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Question 1

what is the SAMPLE in the study?

Answer 1

• 196 couples, both with schizophrenia, their 270 children
• 83 couples, both with bipolar, their 146 children
• 8006 couples, one with schizophrenia, their 13878 children
• 11995 couples, one with bipolar, their 23152 children

Question 2

What is the IV?

Answer 2

parental schizophrenia or bipolar diagnosis

Question 3

what is the DV?

Answer 3

a diagnosis of any other mental illness

Question 4

How is the IV operationalised?

Answer 4

parents receiving a diagnosis from the ICD

Question 5

how is the DV operationalised?

Answer 5

the offspring receiving a diagnosis from the ICD based on the cumulative risk of developing a mental illness between the ages 10 and 52

Question 6

What are the FIVE FINDINGS from the study?

Answer 6

• the risk was much greater for offspring with both parents
  with a diagnosis
• two parents with schizophrenia, the risk was 27.3%
• one parent with schizophrenia, the risk was 7%
• two parents with bipolar, the risk was 29.95%
• one parent with bipolar, the risk was 4.4%

Question 7

what were the TWO CONCLUSIONS from the study?

Answer 7

• having both parents with a mental illness, increases the risk
  of the offspring developing the same disorder or other
  mental illness
• having one parent with mental illness, carries a lower risk
  for the offspring