Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 820-829, August 2010

Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety and Depression: Beyond Heritability

  • Sanja Franić, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Sanja Franić, M.Sc., Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Psychology and Education, 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

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • De Bascule, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Conor V. Dolan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lannie Ligthart, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Dorret I. Boomsma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Accepted 26 May 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 was supported by the Database Twin Register (NWO 575-25-006 and 904-57-94), Spinozapremie (NWO/SPI 56-464-14192), and the Twin-Family Database for Behavior Genetics and Genomics Studies (NWO grant 480-04-004).

 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. Middeldorp receives financial support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Center for Medical Systems Biology: Multifactorial Diseases: Common Determinants, Unifying Technologies (NWO Genomics) and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research. Ms. Franić receives financial support from the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic [HSP Huygens programma]). Drs. Dolan and Boomsma and Ms. Ligthart report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00423-5

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.013

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 8 , Pages 820-829, August 2010

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