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Presently the only trait variables that we have in affective disorder are the family history or the history of a mania. In unipolar depression it is possible to have a family history of depression or family history of alcoholism. Most patients are sporadic because they would have no family history at all.
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Winokir, G., Pfohl, B., Sherman, B. (1985). Trait, State, HPA Activity in Depression. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8329-1_11
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