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Douglas F. Levinson, M.D.

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  • Is perinatal depression familial?

    Murphy-Eberenz K, Zandi PP, March D, Crowe RR, Scheftner WA, Alexander M, McInnis MG, Coryell W, Adams P, DePaulo JR, Miller EB, Marta DH, Potash JB, Payne J, Levinson DF. J Affect Disord. 2006; 90 (1): 49-55

    While major depressive disorder (MDD) is familial, it is not clear whether distinct familial-genetic factors influence vulnerability to depression during or after pregnancy. Here we examine familial aggregation of perinatal major depression (PND, any episode during pregnancy or the month after childbirth) and the subset of post-partum depression (PPD) in families with multiple cases of recurrent, early-onset MDD from the Genetics of Recurrent Early-Onset Depression dataset.

    PubMedID: 16337009

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