Letter to the Editor July 31, 2008

Reply to "The Continuum Hypothesis of Mood Disorders"

Thomas Munk Laursen, MSc, PhD; Trine Munk-Olsen, MSc, PhD; Merete Nordentoft, MPH, PhD; Preben Bo Mortensen, DMSc

J Clin Psychiatry 2008;69(7):1188

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Sir: We thank Dr. Benazzi for his interesting comments onthe findings in our article. Psychiatric family history andcourse of the disorder are, as Dr. Benazzi states, among themore "classic" validators. In previous publications, using thesame cohort, we have examined psychiatric family history as arisk factor.’ ‹