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Genetic influences on post-natal depressive symptoms: findings from an Australian twin sample.
Psychological medicine - 1 May 1999
Treloar S A, Martin N G, Bucholz K K, Madden P A, Heath A C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Conflicting evidence exists on causes of vulnerability to post-natal depression. We investigated genetic and environmental influences on variation in post-natal depressive symptoms (PNDS) following first live birth, and sources of covariation with the personality trait Neuroticism and lifetime major depression occurring post-natally (DEP-PN) and at other times (DEP-XPN) to test for shared genetic...
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