Non-replication of the association between 5HTTLPR and response to psychological therapy for child anxiety disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 182-188

  Lester, Kathryn J ^a   Roberts, Susanna ^a   Keers, Robert ^a   Coleman, Jonathan R I ^a   Breen, Gerome ^a,b   Wong, Chloe C Y ^a   Xu, Xiaohui ^a   Arendt, Kristian ^c   Blatter Meunier, Judith ^d   Bögels, Susan ^e   Cooper, Peter ^f,g   Creswell, Cathy ^f   Heiervang, Einar R ^h   Herren, Chantal ^d   Hogendoorn, Sanne M ⁱ   Hudson, Jennifer L ^j   Krause, Karen ^k   Lyneham, Heidi J ^j   McKinnon, Anna ^l,m   Morris, Talia ^j   Nauta, Maaike H ^c   Rapee, Ronald M ^j   Rey, Yasmin ⁿ   Schneider, Silvia ^k   Schneider, Sophie C ^j   Silverman, Wendy K ^o   Smith, Patrick ^a   Thastum, Mikael ^p   Thirlwall, Kerstin ^f   Waite, Polly ^f   Wergeland, Gro Janne ^q   Eley, Thalia C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ De Bascule   (Netherlands)

^j MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^q HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5HTTLPR GENE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957877360     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.154997     Document Type: Article

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