Article
Common genetic and environmental contributions to post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol dependence in young women.
Psychological medicine - 1 Jul 2011
Sartor C E, McCutcheon V V, Pommer N E, Nelson E C, Grant J D, Duncan A E, Waldron M, Bucholz K K, Madden P A F, Heath A C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The few genetically informative studies to examine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol dependence (AD), all of which are based on a male veteran sample, suggest that the co-morbidity between PTSD and AD may be attributable in part to overlapping genetic influences, but this issue has yet to be addressed in females.MethodData were derived from an all-female twin sample (n=3768) ranging in...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alcoholism
- Child Abuse
- Cohort Studies
- Comorbidity
- Crime Victims
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
