A direct test of the diathesis–stress model for depression

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1590-1596

  Colodro Conde, L ^a,b   Couvy Duchesne, B ^a,c   Zhu, G ^a   Coventry, W L ^d   Byrne, E M ^c   Gordon, S ^a   Wright, M J ^c   Montgomery, G W ^c   Madden, P A F ^e   Ripke, S ^f,g,h   Eaves, L J ⁱ   Heath, A C ^e   Wray, N R ^c   Medland, S E ^a   Martin, N G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^h BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85044344036     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.130     Document Type: Article

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