1988
Delusional depression and bipolar spectrum: evidence for a possible association from a family study of children.
Weissman M, Warner V, John K, Prusoff B, Merikangas K, Wickramaratne P, Gammon G. Delusional depression and bipolar spectrum: evidence for a possible association from a family study of children. Neuropsychopharmacology 1988, 1: 257-64. PMID: 3251505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionBipolar disorderDelusional depressionBipolar spectrumOffspring of probandsDirect interview studySubgroups of interestNormal controlsPossible associationHealth professionalsDelusional subtypesDepressionDisordersCyclothymiaFamily studiesChildrenSubtypesPedigree studiesThreefold increaseFamily membersPossible relationshipSocial impairmentProbandsFindingsEarlier findings
1987
Assessing Psychiatric Disorders in Children: Discrepancies Between Mothers' and Children's Reports
Weissman M, Wickramaratne P, Warner V, John K, Prusoff B, Merikangas K, Gammon G. Assessing Psychiatric Disorders in Children: Discrepancies Between Mothers' and Children's Reports. JAMA Psychiatry 1987, 44: 747-753. PMID: 3632247, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800200075011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric disordersSeverity of illnessStructured diagnostic interviewStudies of adultsChild reportsClinical statusFamily informantsMore illnessesSymptom ScaleAffective disordersDiagnostic InterviewDSM-IIIChild's diagnosisDiagnostic assessmentParent informantsDisordersChildrenChild psychopathologyIllnessParent reportDiagnosisReportDiagnostic informationParent-child discrepanciesIndependent interviews
1986
Depressed Parents and Their Children: General Health, Social, and Psychiatric Problems
Weissman M, John K, Merikangas K, Prusoff B, Wickramaratne P, Gammon G, Angold A, Warner V. Depressed Parents and Their Children: General Health, Social, and Psychiatric Problems. JAMA Pediatrics 1986, 140: 801-805. PMID: 3728409, DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140220083038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionPsychiatric disordersDepressed parentsAdverse perinatal eventsMore medical problemsDirect clinical implicationsMore suicide attemptsMore convulsionsPerinatal eventsHead injuryGeneral healthChronic illnessPrevalent disorderPsychiatric problemsClinical implicationsMedical problemsSuicide attemptsSociodemographic backgroundDisordersFurther studiesSignificant differencesDepressionChildrenMore distressDevelopmental landmarks
1984
Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Parents and Children: Results From the Yale Family Study
Weissman M, Leckman J, Merikangas K, Gammon G, Prusoff B. Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Parents and Children: Results From the Yale Family Study. JAMA Psychiatry 1984, 41: 845-852. PMID: 6466043, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1984.01790200027004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPanic disorderAnxiety disordersChildren of probandsPrimary major depressionAdult first-degree relativesRisk of depressionFirst-degree relativesNormal control groupYale Family StudyAdult panic disorderMajor depressionRecurrent depressionPsychiatric illnessControl groupFamilial loadingAdditional riskDisordersDepressionProbandsYoung childrenChildrenFamily studiesRiskParental assortative matingAgoraphobia
1983
Use of a structured diagnostic interview to identify bipolar disorder in adolescent inpatients: frequency and manifestations of the disorder
Gammon G, John K, Rothblum E, Mullen K, Tischler G, Weissman M. Use of a structured diagnostic interview to identify bipolar disorder in adolescent inpatients: frequency and manifestations of the disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1983, 140: 543-547. PMID: 6846581, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.140.5.543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDSM-III diagnosesBipolar disorderAdolescent inpatientsAffective disordersStructured diagnostic methodsAtypical bipolar disorderDSM-III criteriaMajor affective disordersStructured diagnostic interviewHospital chartsSchool-Aged ChildrenEpidemiological VersionNonaffective psychosisDiagnostic InterviewInpatientsDisordersDiagnosisDiagnostic methodsSemistructured interviewsPrevious findingsPsychosisSchizophrenia