Sex differences in the pathways to major depression: A study of opposite-sex twin pairs

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 426-435

  Kendler, Kenneth S ^a   Gardner, Charles O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 84898749043     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13101375     Document Type: Article

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