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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;170(11):1263–1274. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12101339

TABLE 4. Family History of Psychiatric Disorders in Probands With Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Psychotic Bipolar I Disorder.

Relative’s Diagnosis Probands With Schizophrenia (N=397)
Probands With Schizoaffective Disorder (N=224)
Probands With Bipolar Disorder (N=312)
First-Degree Relatives
Second-Degree Relatives
First-Degree Relatives
Second-Degree Relatives
First-Degree Relatives
Second-Degree Relatives
N % N % N % N % N % N %
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 70 17.6 89 22.4 46 20.5 62 27.7 42 13.5 45 14.4
Bipolar disorder 61 15.4 48 12.1 81 36.2 75 33.5 139 44.6 95 30.5
Depressive disorder 112 28.2 79 19.9 121 54.0 83 37.1 172 55.1 119 38.1
Suicide or suicide attempt 30 7.6 46 11.6 24 10.7 34 15.2 53 17.0 48 15.4
Alcoholism 129 32.5 147 37.0 100 44.6 110 49.1 131 42.0 148 47.4
Illicit substance use 81 20.4 73 18.5 81 36.2 67 29.9 105 33.7 66 21.2
Other psychiatric disorder 73 18.4 79 19.9 46 20.5 59 26.3 99 31.7 103 33.0