Longitudinal population-based twin study of retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms and lifetime major depression.

K. Kendler; L. Karkowski; L. Corey; M. Neale

DOI:10.1176/AJP.155.9.1234

Corpus ID: 2048753

Longitudinal population-based twin study of retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms and lifetime major depression.

@article{Kendler1998LongitudinalPT,
  title={Longitudinal population-based twin study of retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms and lifetime major depression.},
  author={K. Kendler and L. Karkowski and L. Corey and M. Neale},
  journal={The American journal of psychiatry},
  year={1998},
  volume={155 9},
  pages={
          1234-40
        }
}

K. Kendler, L. Karkowski, +1 author M. Neale

Published 1998

Medicine, Psychology

The American journal of psychiatry

OBJECTIVE While family and twin studies suggest that retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms are heritable, these studies have not accounted for the unreliability of such measures. In addition, we know little about the relationship of the familial risk factors for premenstrual symptoms and major depression. METHOD Lifetime major depression and premenstrual-related tiredness, sadness, and irritability were assessed twice over 6 years in 1,312 menstruating female twins ascertained from a… CONTINUE READING

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