Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 224-235 , May 2010

Latent trajectory classes of depressive and anxiety disorders from adolescence to adulthood: descriptions of classes and associations with risk factors

  • Thomas M. Olino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +1 412 383 5433.
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  • Daniel N. Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA
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  • Peter M. Lewinsohn

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA
    • ,
  • Paul Rohde

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA
    • ,
  • John R. Seeley

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 224-235 , May 2010

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