Maternal depression and children's antisocial behavior: Nature and nurture effects

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-181

  Kim Cohen, Julia ^a,b   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b   Taylor, Alan ^a   Pawlby, Susan J ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 13244298535     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.2.173     Document Type: Article

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