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Amish Study, I: Affective disorders among the Amish, 1976-1980
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The authors review the goals, methods, sample, and selected epidemiologic findings from a collaborative study of affective disorders among the Amish. This culturally and genetically homogeneous population (N = 12,500) constitutes an excellent research setting for psychiatric epidemiologic and genetic study. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and sociopathy did not complicate the study because they are culturally prohibited. During 1976-1980, 112 active cases of mental illness were identified; 71% received diagnoses of major affective disorder. Equal numbers of men and women received diagnoses of unipolar illness, and slightly more men than women were diagnosed as having bipolar illness.
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- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1983-01-01
- Volume
- 140
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 56-61
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- OpenAlex
- W1926279605
- Cited by
- 292
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 18.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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