Life stress, 5-HTTLPR and mental disorder: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a   Miller, Allison L ^a   Kennedy, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851469053     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085993     Document Type: Article

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