Temperament and psychopathology amongst siblings of probands with depressive and anxiety disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-550

  Kelvin, R G ^a,b   Goodyer, I M ^a   Altham, P M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Section of Developmental Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Comorbidity; Depression; Siblings; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SIBLING; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0029885501     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01440.x     Document Type: Article

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