Conclusions
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There is a startling similarity in psychotic reaction within family groups admitted to State hospitals.
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Direct inheritance is not proven in the psychoses.
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Personality make-up, temperament and behavior traits are partly a matter of inheritance.
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These determine the reaction type in the psychoses.
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A manic-depressive family with easily recognized make-up and similar environmental situations offered.
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Bohn, R.W. A study of a manic-depressive family. Psych Quar 2, 151–162 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567604
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