Samenvatting
Objective: Accumulating evidence suggests cross-national differences in adults with bipolar disorder (BD), but also in the susceptibility of their offspring (bipolar offspring). This study aims to explore and clarify cross-national variation in the prevalence of categorical and dimensional psychopathology between bipolar offspringin the US and The Netherlands.
Methods: We compared levels of psychopathology in offspring of the Pittsburgh Bipolar Offspring Study (n=224) and the Dutch Bipolar Offspring Study (n=136) (age 10-18). Categorical psychopathology was ascertained through interviews using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children (K-SADS-PL), dimensional psychopathology by parental reports using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).
Results: Higher rates of categorical psychopathology were observed in the US versus the Dutch samples (66% versus 44%). We found no differences in the overall prevalence of mood disorders, including BD-I or -II, but more comorbidity in mood disorders in US versus Dutch off spring (80% versus 34%). The strongest predictors of categorical psychopathology were maternal BD (OR: 1.72, p
Limitations: Preliminary measure of inter-site reliability.
Conclusions: We found cross-national differences in prevalence of categorical diagnoses of non-mood disorders in bipolar offspring, but not in mood disorder diagnoses nor in parent-reported dimensional psychopathology. Cross-national variation was only partially explained by between-sample differences. Cultural and methodological explanations for these findings warrant further study. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 95-102 |
Aantal pagina's | 8 |
Tijdschrift | Journal of Affective Disorders |
Volume | 205 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 15-nov.-2016 |