Transition from stress sensitivity to a depressive state: Longitudinal twin study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 498-503

  Wichers, Marieke ^a   Geschwind, Nicole ^a   Jacobs, Nele ^a   Kenis, Gunter ^a   Peeters, Frenk ^a   Derom, Catherine ^b   Thiery, Evert ^c   Delespaul, Philippe ^a   Van Os, Jim ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARKER GENE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149099633     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056853     Document Type: Article

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