Child abuse and neglect, MAOA, and mental health outcomes: A prospective examination

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-357

  Nikulina, Valentina ^a   Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a   Brzustowicz, Linda M ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; child abuse and neglect; depression; dysthymia; MAOA genotype; prospective longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 84855982972     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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