Parental depression and offspring psychopathology: A Children of Twins study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1385-1395

  Singh, A L ^a   D'Onofrio, B M ^a   Slutske, W S ^b   Turkheimer, E ^c   Emery, R E ^c   Harden, K P ^c   Heath, A C ^d   Madden, P A F ^d   Statham, D J ^e,f   Martin, N G ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children of twins; conduct disorder; environmental risk; genetic liability; parental depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SPOUSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958792609     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710002059     Document Type: Article

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