Stability in symptoms of anxiety and depression as a function of genotype and environment: A longitudinal twin study from ages 3 to 63 years

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1039-1049

  Nivard, M G ^a   Dolan, C V ^a,b   Kendler, K S ^c   Kan, K J ^a   Willemsen, G ^a,d   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a,d   Lindauer, R J L ^e   Van Beek, J H D A ^a,d   Geels, L M ^a,d   Bartels, M ^a,d   Middeldorp, C M ^a,f   Boomsma, D I ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety symptoms; depression symptoms; longitudinal genetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924749833     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171400213X     Document Type: Article

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