Family history predicts presence and course of psychiatric disorders

Monday, July 6, 2009 - 20:14 in Health & Medicine

A family history of depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence or drug dependence is associated with the presence of each condition and also may predict its course and prognosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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