The role of fear and anxiety in the familial risk for major depression: A three-generation study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1543-1556

  Warner, V ^a,b   Wickramaratne, P ^a,b   Weissman, M M ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Fear; Mediator; Multi generation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PANIC; PHOBIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649085399     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708002894     Document Type: Article

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