The interaction between child maltreatment, adult stressful life events and the 5-HTTLPR in major depression

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1032-1035

  Power, Robert A ^a   Lecky Thompson, Lucy ^a   Fisher, Helen L ^a   Cohen Woods, Sarah ^a   Hosang, Georgina M ^a   Uher, Rudolf ^a,b   Powell Smith, Georgia ^a   Keers, Robert ^a,c   Tropeano, Maria ^a   Korszun, Ania ^c   Jones, Lisa ^d   Jones, Ian ^e   Owen, Michael J ^e   Craddock, Nick ^e   Craig, Ian W ^a   Farmer, Anne E ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Child maltreatment; Gene environment interaction; Major depression; Mismatch hypothesis; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84878634839     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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