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JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 130, Issue -, Pages 355-361Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.08.017
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Bipolar disorder; Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; Family study; Epidemiology; Comorbidity
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- National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health [ZIAMH002804]
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The aim of this study is to examine the familial aggregation of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its cross-transmission with bipolar disorder (BD) in a community-based family study of mood spectrum disorders. A clinically-enriched community sample of 562 probands recruited from the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area and their 698 directly interviewed relatives were included in analyses. Inclusion criteria were English speaking and consent to contact at least two first-degree relatives. Standard family study methodology was used and DSM-IV classified mental disorders were ascertained through a best-estimate procedure based on direct semi-structured interviews and multiple family history reports. There was specificity of familial aggregation of both bipolar I disorder (BD I) and bipolar II disorder (BD II) (i.e., BD I OR = 6.08 [1.66, 22.3]; BD II OR = 2.98 [1.11, 7.96]) and ADHD (ADHD OR = 2.13 [1.16, 3.95]). However, there was no evidence for crosstransmission of BD and ADHD in first degree relatives (i.e., did not observe increased rates of BD in relatives of those with ADHD and vice versa; all ps > 0.05). The specificity of familial aggregation of ADHD and BD alongside the absence of shared familial risk are consistent with the notion that the comorbidity between ADHD and BD may be attributable to diagnostic artifact, could represent a distinct BD suptype characterized by childhood-onset symptoms, or the possibility that attention problems serve as a precursor or consequence of BD.
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