Reply to comment

W. Keith Sgrillo This discussion about mood disorders is interesting and very important to me. There are cases of such disorders in my son's lineage (bi-polar, obsessive compolsive, possibly Schizophrenia ), some of which are very severe. I hear a lot of mixed explanations and responses to the possibility of heredity playing a role in the aquisition of these disorders. I also here discrepencies in the statistics of variability in males vs. females, age of onset, symptoms and identifying behaviors. I inquire about these questions because I am very concerned for my son. I often wonder when one should start with early intervention, or if early intervention is even helpful (although I am currently beginning the intervention process). It is also the case that all of those who have these disorders in the family are all women (I often wonder if that has any influence on genes).