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A 30-Year Study of 3 Generations at High Risk and Low Risk for Depression.
JAMA psychiatry - 1 Sept 2016
Weissman Myrna M, Berry Obianuju O, Warner Virginia, Gameroff Marc J, Skipper Jamie, Talati Ardesheer, Pilowsky Daniel J, Wickramaratne Priya
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: The increased risk of major depression in the offspring of depressed parents is well known. Whether the risk is transmitted beyond 2 generations is less well known. To our knowledge, no published study with direct interviews of family members and the generations in the age of risk for depression has evaluated beyond 2 generations. This information is important for detecting individuals at highest risk...
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