A Hong Kong study that involved local and mainland Chinese subjects has gauged the probability of children with a bipolar parent developing certain symptoms of the condition early in life, with social ...

Children of bipolar parents have a 13-fold increased chance of suffering the same problem or other psychiatric disorders themselves, a study has shown. A team of psychiatrists assessed two groups of ...

When parents have bipolar disorder, their children are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders themselves, according to a new report. The findings "indicate a need for early identification and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When parents have bipolar disorder, their children are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders themselves, according to a new report. The findings "indicate a need for ...

One of the best established findings in bipolar disorder is that it is genetic. In general, one in twenty offspring of a bipolar parent will develop bipolar disorder. These offspring are at high risk ...