Depression- Explanations- Wender The biological explanation study for depression- Wender 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyDepressionA2/A-levelOCR Created by: KaydeeCreated on: 30-03-13 17:43 What is the aim of Wender's study? To investigate the contribution of genetics and environmental factors in the aetiology (causes of) mood disorders 1 of 9 How many adoptive and biological relatives of adult adoptees with a mood disorder participated in the researh? 71 2 of 9 How many psychiatrically normal adult adoptees participated in the research? 71 3 of 9 The adults in wender's study had been removed from their mothers.... at a young age 4 of 9 Describe the methodology Wender used psychiatric evaluations of the relaives were made by independant blind diagnoses of mental hospital and other offical records 5 of 9 What is the fold increase in unipolar depression among biological relatives? 8-fold increase 6 of 9 What is the fold increase in suicide among the bioogical relative of the index cases? 15-fold increase 7 of 9 What is meant by the term index case? The documented case of a disease included in a study 8 of 9 What did Wender conclude fromm the results of the study? There is a significant genetic link between unipolar depression and suicide 9 of 9
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