BACKGROUND: Bipolar patients have impaired social functioning compared to people in the general population. It has been suggested that children of bipolar patients also have impaired social functioning. The objective of this study was to compare social functioning of adolescent and young adult offspring of bipolar parents with social functioning of adolescents and young adults in the general population. METHOD: Subjects were 140 offspring of bipolar parents and 1122 adolescents and 1175 young adults from the general population. Parent, teacher and self-report ratings were used to assess social functioning. RESULTS: Analyses revealed no differences in scores on social functioning for offspring aged 11 to 18 years, and few differences for ages 18 to 26 years compared to same aged individuals from the general population. Offspring with a DSM-IV disorder showed a lower level of social functioning compared to Dutch subjects from the general population in the same age range. LIMITATIONS: The limitations of this study are lack of information on the representativeness of the sample and use of one measure for social functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Bipolar offspring in the adolescent age range have good overall level of social functioning. Social functioning in offspring aged 18 years or older with a bipolar or other mood disorder is impaired.
BACKGROUND: Bipolar patients have impaired social functioning compared to people in the general population. It has been suggested that children of bipolar patients also have impaired social functioning. The objective of this study was to compare social functioning of adolescent and young adult offspring of bipolar parents with social functioning of adolescents and young adults in the general population. METHOD: Subjects were 140 offspring of bipolar parents and 1122 adolescents and 1175 young adults from the general population. Parent, teacher and self-report ratings were used to assess social functioning. RESULTS: Analyses revealed no differences in scores on social functioning for offspring aged 11 to 18 years, and few differences for ages 18 to 26 years compared to same aged individuals from the general population. Offspring with a DSM-IV disorder showed a lower level of social functioning compared to Dutch subjects from the general population in the same age range. LIMITATIONS: The limitations of this study are lack of information on the representativeness of the sample and use of one measure for social functioning. CONCLUSIONS: Bipolar offspring in the adolescent age range have good overall level of social functioning. Social functioning in offspring aged 18 years or older with a bipolar or other mood disorder is impaired.
Authors: Camilla Jerlang Christiani; Jens R M Jepsen; Anne Thorup; Nicoline Hemager; Ditte Ellersgaard; Katrine S Spang; Birgitte K Burton; Maja Gregersen; Anne Søndergaard; Aja N Greve; Ditte L Gantriis; Gry Poulsen; Md Jamal Uddin; Larry J Seidman; Ole Mors; Kerstin J Plessen; Merete Nordentoft Journal: Schizophr Bull Date: 2019-10-24 Impact factor: 9.306
Authors: Thomas W Frazier; Eric A Youngstrom; Sarah McCue Horwitz; Christine A Demeter; Mary A Fristad; L Eugene Arnold; Boris Birmaher; Robert A Kowatch; David Axelson; Neal Ryan; Mary Kay Gill; Robert L Findling Journal: J Clin Psychiatry Date: 2011-03-22 Impact factor: 4.384
Authors: Tolulope Bella; Tina Goldstein; David Axelson; Mihaela Obreja; Kelly Monk; Mary Beth Hickey; Benjamin Goldstein; David Brent; Rasim Somer Diler; David Kupfer; Dara Sakolsky; Boris Birmaher Journal: J Affect Disord Date: 2011-04-03 Impact factor: 4.839