Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 830-840 , August 2010

Serotonin Transporter Gene Moderates the Development of Emotional Problems Among Children Following Bullying Victimization

  • Karen Sugden, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University
    • Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University
    • Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Karen Sugden, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, 2020 West Main Street, Suite 201, Box 104410, Durham, NC 27708
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  • Louise Arseneault, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
    • ,
  • HonaLee Harrington, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University
    • ,
  • Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University
    • Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University
    • Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
    • ,
  • Benjamin Williams, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University
    • Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University
    • Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
    • ,
  • Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Duke University
    • Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University
    • Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

,Accepted 18 March 2010.

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 This article is discussed in an editorial by Drs. James J. Hudziak and Stephen V. Faraone on page 729.

 This research received support from UK Medical Research Council grants G9806489, G0100527, and G0601483, and National Institutes of Health grants MH077874 and HD061298.

 This is one of several articles published in the August and September issues of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that explores the intersection of genetics and mental health disorders in children and adolescents. The editors invite the reader to investigate the additional articles on this burgeoning area of developmental psychopathology.

 Disclosure: Dr. Arseneault is supported by a Career Scientist Award from the Department of Health, United Kingdom. Dr. Caspi is a Royal Society-Wolfson Merit Award holder. Drs. Caspi and Moffitt, through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, have applied for a patent entitled ‘Method for Assessing a Behavioral Disposition’, US Patent Office Serial Number 10/889,450. Dr. Sugden, Ms. Harrington, and Mr. Williams report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00284-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.01.024

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 830-840 , August 2010

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