Christine Takami Lageborn, Mengping Zhou, Marcus Boman, Arvid Sjölander, Henrik Larsson, Brian M D'Onofrio, Erik Pettersson, Paul Lichtenstein, Mikael Landén
BACKGROUND: Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder have increased risks of their own psychopathology. However, a large-scale survey of psychiatric, somatic, and adverse social outcomes up to adulthood, which could aid in prioritizing and tailoring prevention, is lacking. It also remains to clarify how risks are modified by other parental factors. METHODS: Swedish population registers were linked to compare offspring having (N = 24,788) and not having (N = 247,880) a parent with bipolar disorder with respect to psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication, birth-related and somatic conditions, social outcomes, accidents, suicide attempts, and mortality...
March 25, 2024: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines