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Adolescent irritability: phenotypic associations and genetic links with depressed mood.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jan 2012
Stringaris Argyris, Zavos Helena, Leibenluft Ellen, Maughan Barbara, Eley Thalia C
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OBJECTIVE: Irritability has been proposed to underlie the developmental link between oppositional problems and depression. Little is known, however, about the genetic and environmental influences on irritability and its overlap with depression. Drawing on the notion of "generalist genes" (genes of general effect that underlie phenotypic overlap between disorders), the authors test the hypothesis that the...
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