Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 248-255 , March 2010

Heritability of Anxious-Depressive and Withdrawn Behavior: Age-Related Changes During Adolescence

  • Diane J. Lamb, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Lamb, VU University Amsterdam, Department of Biological Psychology, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Christel M. Middeldorp, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • De Bascule, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Catarina E.M. van Beijsterveldt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Meike Bartels, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Niels van der Aa, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Tinca J.C. Polderman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Dorret I. Boomsma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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 This research was supported by ZonMw, grant number 920-03-268 and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), grant number 400-03-330 and 451-04-034. The data collection was supported by “Genetic basis of anxiety and depression” (NWO grant 904-61-090); “Bilateral agreement” (NWO grant 463-06-001); “Database Twin register” (NWO grant 575-25-006 and 904-57-94); “Spinozapremie” (NWO/SPI 56-464-14192); CNCR (Centre Neurogenetics Cognition Research); Center for Medical Systems Biology: Multifactorial Diseases: Common Determinants, Unifying Technologies (NWO Genomics); “Twin-family database for behavior genetics and genomics studies” (NWO grant 480-04-004).

 Disclosure: Dr. Middeldorp receives financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO [VENI grant 916-76-125]). Drs. Lamb, van Beijsterveldt, Bartels, van der Aa, Polderman, and Boomsma report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)00070-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2009.11.014

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 248-255 , March 2010

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