Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 53-60 , January 2008

Influence of Parental and Grandparental Major Depressive Disorder on Behavior Problems in Early Childhood: A Three-Generation Study

,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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 This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health research grant R01 MH-56604 (P.M.L.), R01 MH-66023 (D.N.K.), R01 MH-75744 (J.W.P.).

 Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62084-0

doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e31815a6ae6

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 53-60 , January 2008

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