Status:

COMPLETED

Study of the Psychological Development of Children of Parents With and Without Affective Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Conditions:

Bipolar Disorder

Involutional Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

This research study is the continuation of a study started more than 20 years ago. The study was designed to explore the effect that depressed parents have on their children and to better understand t...

Detailed Description

The psychological development of offspring of parents with and without affective disorder is assessed from early childhood to young adulthood. Parents with a diagnosis of major depression or bipolar i...

Eligibility Criteria

Patients will be drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study begun in 1979 of offspring of parents with affective illness (unipolar and bipolar) and children of normal control parents.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 1979

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

End Date :

February 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

1045 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00001170

Start Date

October 1 1979

End Date

February 1 2005

Last Update

March 4 2008

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892