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Childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression: beyond heritability.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Aug 2010
Franić Sanja, Middeldorp Christel M, Dolan Conor V, Ligthart Lannie, Boomsma Dorret I
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OBJECTIVE: To review the methodology of behavior genetics studies addressing research questions that go beyond simple heritability estimation and illustrate these using representative research on childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression. METHOD: The classic twin design and its extensions may be used to examine age and gender differences in the genetic determinants of complex traits and disorders, the role...
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