id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_pxbiviwifvcirbcmjdb6tuhaaq Heather A. Bruce Clinical and genetic validity of quantitative bipolarity 2019 8 .pdf application/pdf 6219 643 57 whether quantitatively detected subclinical symptoms of bipolarity identifies a heritable trait that infers risk for BP. Quantitative Bipolarity Scale (QBS) was administered to 310 Old Order Amish or Mennonite individuals from multigenerational pedigrees; 110 individuals had psychiatric diagnoses (20 BP, 61 major depressive disorders (MDD), 3 quantitative bipolarity as measured by QBS can separate BP from other psychiatric illnesses yet is significantly heritable diagnosis-based genetic research in BP by taking advantage of the large family structures in the OOA/M, to test Table 1 Sample Demographics, QBS (quantitative bipolarity scale) score and QBS subscores across diagnostic groups Asterisk indicates measure with significant difference (p < 0.5) between bipolar disorder and major depression Fig. 2 QBS (quantitative bipolarity scale) score across diagnostic Table 3 Heritability of QBS (quantitative bipolarity heritable in pedigree samples from the OOA/M population, interestingly even in individuals without BP or psychiatric diagnosis. ./cache/work_pxbiviwifvcirbcmjdb6tuhaaq.pdf ./txt/work_pxbiviwifvcirbcmjdb6tuhaaq.txt