Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 109-115 , January 2008

Common genetic liability to major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in men

  • Karestan C. Koenen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Karestan C. Koenen, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge 613, Boston MA, 02115, United States. Tel.: +1 617 432 4622; fax: +1 617 432 3755.
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  • Qiang J. Fu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, MO, United States
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  • Karen Ertel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Michael J. Lyons

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Seth A. Eisen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • Research and Medical Service, St. Louis VAMC, St. Louis, MO, United States
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  • William R. True

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • Seattle VA ERIC/Vietnam Era Twin Registry, Seattle, Washington, United States
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  • Jack Goldberg

      Affiliations

    • Seattle VA ERIC/Vietnam Era Twin Registry, Seattle, Washington, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
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  • Ming T. Tsuang

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA, United States
    • University of California Medical School in San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

Received 4 January 2007 ,Revised 16 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2007.

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☆ Conflict of interest: All authors declare they have no conflict of interestContributors: Dr. Koenen conceptualized the research question, conducted the literature review, performed statistical analyses, and took the lead role in writing the first draft of the paper. Drs. Fu and Ertel participated in the conceptualization of the research question, statistical analyses, and in editing the paper for important intellectual content. Drs. Lyons, Eisen, True, Goldberg, and Tsuang designed the study, developed the protocol for data collection, and edited the paper for important intellectual content. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.Funding sources: Funding for this study was provided by NIMH-K08MH070627 to Dr. Koenen and NCI-K07CA104119 to Dr. Fu. Additional funding was provided by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs has provided financial support for the development and maintenance of the Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry.The funding sources had no further role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

PII: S0165-0327(07)00145-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.04.021

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 109-115 , January 2008

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