Wender - Bio Explantions

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To investigate the contributions of genetic and environment factors in the aethiology of mood disorders

Question 2

Participants

Answer 2

Adoptive and biological relatives of 71 adult adoptees (mean age of 43.7) who had mood disorder

71 adoptees with a mean age 44 who were psychologically normal

The adults had been removed from their mothers at an early age

Question 3

Procedure?

Answer 3

Psychiatric evaluation of the relatives were made by independent blind diagnose of mental hospitals and other official records

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

There was an 8 fold increase in unipolar depression among the biological relatives of the adults and a 15 fold increase in suicide among the biological relatives of the adopted adults

Question 5

What was concluded

Answer 5

There is a significant genetic link between unipolar depressions and suicide