Familial Mental Illness History
Dimension 29 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Familial Mental Illness History measures the extent to which an expression identifies mental health problems as occurring among biologically related family members. It encompasses whether such problems are present in relatives, how broadly they extend across kin, and whether they are described in lineage, onset, or ongoing course terms.
evidence final name · Illness Diagnosis
Minimal Familial Mental Illness History
Expressions activating this band mention mental health problems primarily as personal history, general background, or isolated family adversity without clearly establishing a pattern of mental illness among relatives. Family references are incidental, nonspecific, or not diagnostically tied to relatives' mental health conditions.
Moderate Familial Mental Illness History
Expressions activating this band identify mental health problems in one or more specific relatives, usually naming a parent or sibling and a recognizable condition such as depression, eating disorders, or mental illness. The family history is concrete and person-linked, but described as discrete occurrences rather than a broad lineage pattern.
Extensive Familial Mental Illness History
Expressions activating this band portray mental health problems as distributed across the family network or bloodline, including multiple degrees of relatives and lineage-specific references such as maternal relatives or grandparents. The history is framed as familial, inherited, or tracked through onset and course in relatives.
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Lower Illness Diagnosis: Illness diagnosis is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse illness diagnosis.
Moderate Illness Diagnosis: Illness diagnosis is clearly present at this level. Compared to the band below, illness diagnosis is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band reflect illness diagnosis at this level of intensity.
Higher Illness Diagnosis: Illness diagnosis is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where illness diagnosis was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect illness diagnosis at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.