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Familiality of major depressive disorder and gender differences in comorbidity.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 2008
Verhagen M, van der Meij A, Franke B, Vollebergh W, de Graaf R, Buitelaar J, Janzing J G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Gender differences exist in the prevalence and psychiatric comorbidity of major depressive disorder (MDD). This study investigates whether familiality of MDD contributes to observed gender differences in comorbidity. METHOD: Familial (f-MDD) and non-familial (nf-MDD) MDD cases from a population sample were assessed for comorbid dysthymia, anxiety disorders and alcohol-related disorders using the...
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