Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 169-177 , May 2006

A multiwave multi-informant study of the specificity of the association between parental and offspring psychiatric disorders

  • Jeffrey G. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, NY 10027-6902, USA
    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032. Tel.: +1 212 663 5776; fax: +1 212 740 5394.
    • ,
  • Patricia Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, NY 10027-6902, USA
    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Stephanie Kasen

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, NY 10027-6902, USA
    • New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Judith S. Brook

      Affiliations

    • The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.05.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 169-177 , May 2006

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