Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 1053-1063 , October 2010

Infant Brain Development and Vulnerability to Later Internalizing Difficulties: The Generation R Study

  • Catherine M. Herba, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ste-Justine's Hospital Research Center, the University of Montreal, and Erasmus University Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital
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  • Sabine J. Roza, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Paul Govaert, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Joram van Rossum, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Albert Hofman, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Vincent Jaddoe, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Frank C. Verhulst, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Henning Tiemeier, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Henning Tiemeier, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus University Medical Center/Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 13 July 2010.

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 The first phase of the Generation R Study was made possible by financial support from the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (Zon Mw).

 Disclosure: Dr. Verhulst is a contributing editor of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, from which he receives remuneration. Drs. Herba, Roza, van Rossum, Govaert, Hofman, Jaddoe, and Tiemeier report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00557-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.07.003

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 1053-1063 , October 2010

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