Gottesman

• What was the aim (Gottesman)?

  To provide more evidence for the genetic explanation by completing a dual-mating study where parents had disorders
• What was the sample(Gottesman)?

  2.7 million people in Denmark, born before 1997

  Their conditions were all identified in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register

  196 couples who both had schizophrenia and their 270 children

  83 couples who both had bipolar and their 146 children
• What was the method(Gottesman)?

  Dual-mating, Cohort, quasi- study
• What were the results(Gottesman)?

  Those who had two schizophrenic parents were 25 times more likely to have schizophrenia than the general population

  This was roughly the same as the bipolar parents condition

  There were genetic similarities between schizophrenia and bipolar
• What was the conclusion(Gottesman)?

  This supports previous findings of the genetic cause for mental health