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A population-based study of anxiety as a precursor for depression in childhood and adolescence.
BMC psychiatry - 13 Dec 2004
Rice Frances, van den Bree Marianne B M, Thapar Anita
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BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression co-occur in children and adolescents with anxiety commonly preceding depression. Although there is some evidence to suggest that the association between early anxiety and later depression is explained by a shared genetic aetiology, the contribution of environmental factors is less well examined and it is unknown whether anxiety itself is a phenotypic risk factor for later...
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