Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 49-55 , January 2006

Is perinatal depression familial?

  • Kathleen Murphy-Eberenz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
    • ,
  • Peter P. Zandi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, United States
    • Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Dana March

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Raymond R. Crowe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IW, United States
    • ,
  • William A. Scheftner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
    • ,
  • Madeline Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
    • ,
  • Melvin G. McInnis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
    • ,
  • William Coryell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IW, United States
    • ,
  • Philip Adams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • J. Raymond DePaulo Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Erin B. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Diana H. Marta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States
    • ,
  • James B. Potash

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Jennifer Payne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Douglas F. Levinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market St., Room 4006, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309, United States. Tel.: +1 215 746 5151; fax: +1 215 746 5155.

Received 14 March 2005 ,Accepted 17 October 2005.

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PII: S0165-0327(05)00310-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.10.006

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 49-55 , January 2006

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