The genetics of depression in childhood and adolescence.

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This article reviews family, twin, and adoption studies of childhood and adolescent depression. Results from several family and twin studies suggest that an etiologic heterogeneity exists in depression in childhood and adolescence. Twin studies show that genetic influences on depression in young people may be indirect and work via effects on environmental risk exposure (gene-environment correlation) or genetic...

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