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Adolescent twins discordant for major depressive disorder: shared familial liability to externalizing and other internalizing disorders.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Oct 2003
Burcusa Stephanie L, Iacono William G, McGue Matt
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In adolescents, as in adults, there is often comorbidity between major depressive disorder (MDD) and many other disorders. In this study, the discordant twin method was used to investigate whether this comorbidity in adolescents may be due to a shared familial liability between MDD and other internalizing disorders, and between MDD and externalizing disorders. METHODS: We examined prevalence rates of...
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