Psychiatric Genetic Counseling / Table 5.

TABLE 5. Recurrence risks for psychiatric disorders^a

Schizophrenia

Bipolar Affective Disorder

Severe Unipolar Depression

Panic disorder

Alcohol Dependence

Lifetime prevalence

1.0-1.9%

0.8-1.1

4%^b 8%^c

1.5-3.5%

14%^b 3%^c

Risks to first degree relatives of affected individuals.

4.4 -13.8%

4.0-9.0%

9%^b 18%^c

15.0-24.7%

27%^b 5%^c

^aAdapted from Moldin SO. Psychiatric genetic counseling. In: Guze SB, ed. Washington University adult psychiatry. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997; Berg K, Kirch DG. Genetic counseling. In: Kaplan H, Sadock B, eds. Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry, VI. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995; Faraone SV, Tsuang MT. Methods in psychiatric genetics. In: Tohen M, Tsuang MT, Zahner GEP, eds. Textbook in psychiatric_epidemiology. NewYork: John Wiley, 1995.

^brisk to males

^crisk to females

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