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Polygenic risk for depression, anxiety and neuroticism are associated with the severity and rate of change in depressive symptoms across adolescence.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Dec 2021
Kwong Alex S F, Morris Tim T, Pearson Rebecca M, Timpson Nicholas J, Rice Frances, Stergiakouli Evie, Tilling Kate
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BACKGROUND: Adolescence marks a period where depression will commonly onset. Twin studies show that genetic influences play a role in how depression develops and changes across adolescence. Recent genome-wide association studies highlight that common genetic variants - which can be combined into polygenic risk scores (PRS) - are also implicated in depression. However, the role of PRS in adolescent depression and...
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