Mood-related drinking motives mediate the familial association between major depression and alcohol dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1476-1486

  Young Wolff, Kelly C ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b   Sintov, Nicole D ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Drinking Motives; Genetics; Major Depression; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION;

EID: 67651044751     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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