Offspring of two psychiatric patients have increased risk of developing mental disorders

Monday, March 1, 2010 - 17:35 in Health & Medicine

Offspring of two parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder appear more likely to develop the same illness or another psychiatric condition than those with only one parent with psychiatric illness, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

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