Search Results - "MERIKANGAS, K. R"

Evidence for a differential role of HPA-axis function, inflammation and metabolic syndrome in melancholic versus atypical depression by Lamers, F, Vogelzangs, N, Merikangas, K R, de Jonge, P, Beekman, A T F, Penninx, B W J H

“…The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and the inflammatory response system have been suggested as pathophysiological mechanisms implicated in the…”
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Independence of familial transmission of mania and depression: results of the NIMH family study of affective spectrum disorders by Merikangas, K R, Cui, L, Heaton, L, Nakamura, E, Roca, C, Ding, J, Qin, H, Guo, W, Yao-Shugart, Y, Zarate, C, Angst, J

“…The goal of this study is to investigate the familial transmission of the spectrum of bipolar disorder in a nonclinical sample of probands with a broad range…”
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Threshold and subthreshold generalized anxiety disorder among US adolescents: prevalence, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics by Burstein, M, Beesdo-Baum, K, He, J-P, Merikangas, K R

“…Threshold and subthreshold forms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are highly prevalent and impairing conditions among adults. However, there are few…”
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Specificity of psychosis, mania and major depression in a contemporary family study by Vandeleur, C L, Merikangas, K R, Strippoli, M-P F, Castelao, E, Preisig, M

“…There has been increasing attention to the subgroups of mood disorders and their boundaries with other mental disorders, particularly psychoses. The goals of…”
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Stability and transitions of depressive subtypes over a 2-year follow-up by Lamers, F, Rhebergen, D, Merikangas, K R, de Jonge, P, Beekman, A T F, Penninx, B W J H

“…Identifying depressive subtypes is an important tool in reducing the heterogeneity of major depressive disorder. However, few studies have examined the…”
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Parental alcohol use disorders and alcohol use and disorders in offspring: a community study by Lieb, R, Merikangas, K R, Höfler, M, Pfister, H, Isensee, B, Wittchen, H U

“…We examined the association between parental alcohol use disorders and patterns of alcohol consumption and DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in their offspring in a…”
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Smoking and Depression: An Examination of Mechanisms of Comorbidity by Dierker, Lisa C., Avenevoli, Shelli, Stolar, Marilyn, Merikangas, K.R.

“…OBJECTIVE: Although the association between depression and smoking has been consistently established, little evidence regarding the mechanisms that influence…”
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Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits by Glantz, M D, Anthony, J C, Berglund, P A, Degenhardt, L, Dierker, L, Kalaydjian, A, Merikangas, K R, Ruscio, A M, Swendsen, J, Kessler, R C

“…Although mental disorders have been shown to predict subsequent substance disorders, it is not known whether substance disorders could be cost-effectively…”
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Clinical significance and comorbidity of subthreshold depression and anxiety in the community by Preisig, M., Merikangas, K. R., Angst, J.

“…This report examines: 1) the magnitude of co-occurrence of threshold and subthreshold-level depression and anxiety in the community, and 2) the relationship…”
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Co-morbidity and familial aggregation of alcoholism and anxiety disorders by Merikangas, K R, Stevens, D E, Fenton, B, Stolar, M, O'Malley, S, Woods, S W, Risch, N

“…This study examined the patterns of familial aggregation and co-morbidity of alcoholism and anxiety disorders in the relatives of 165 probands selected for…”
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Personality traits among currently eating disordered, recovered and never ill first-degree female relatives of bulimic and control women by Lilenfeld, L R, Stein, D, Bulik, C M, Strober, M, Plotnicov, K, Pollice, C, Rao, R, Merikangas, K R, Nagy, L, Kaye, W H

“…A combined family study and recovered study design was utilized to examine several hypothesized relationships between personality and bulimia nervosa (BN). We…”
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Fear-potentiated startle in adolescent offspring of parents with anxiety disorders by GRILLON, C, DIERKER, L, MERIKANGAS, K. R

“…The startle reflex and its potentiation by aversive states was used as a possible vulnerability marker for anxiety disorders in adolescent offspring of parents…”
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Screening for anxiety and depression in early adolescence by Dierker, L C, Albano, A M, Clarke, G N, Heimberg, R G, Kendall, P C, Merikangas, K R, Lewinsohn, P M, Offord, D R, Kessler, R, Kupfer, D J

“…To examine the level of diagnostic and discriminative accuracy of three dimensional rating scales for detecting anxiety and depressive disorders in a…”
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Substance use and behaviour disorders in Puerto Rican youth: a migrant family study by Merikangas, K R, Conway, K P, Swendsen, J, Febo, V, Dierker, L, Brunetto, W, Stolar, M, Canino, G

“…Background:Hispanics in the USA have higher rates of substance use disorders than similar ethnic groups residing in Latin American nations, and recent evidence…”
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Psychopathology among Offspring of Parents with Substance Abuse and/or Anxiety Disorders: A High-risk Study by Merikangas, Kathleen R., Dierker, Lisa C., Szatmari, Peter

“…This paper reports the results of a high-risk study of children under age 18 of parents who served as probands in a family study of comorbidity of substance…”
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Reexamining associations between mania, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders: results from a prospective national cohort by Olfson, M, Mojtabai, R, Merikangas, K R, Compton, W M, Wang, S, Grant, B F, Blanco, C

“…Separate inheritance of mania and depression together with high rates of clinical overlap of mania with anxiety and substance use disorders provide a basis for…”
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Bipolar spectrum in major depressive disorders by Angst, J., Merikangas, K. R., Cui, L., Van Meter, A., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Rössler, W.

“…Growing evidence for the spectrum concept of most mental disorders, particularly mood disorders, has challenged the arbitrary distinctions inherent in the…”
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Family and high-risk studies of social anxiety disorder by Merikangas, K. R., Lieb, R., Wittchen, H.-U., Avenevoli, S.

“…Objective:  To present data on the role of familial factors in the etiology of social anxiety disorder. Method:  Findings presented from a family/high‐risk…”
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Psychosocial and clinical correlates of ADHD in a community sample of school-age children by Scahill, L, Schwab-Stone, M, Merikangas, K R, Leckman, J F, Zhang, H, Kasl, S

“…To identify the psychosocial and clinical correlates of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a community sample of children and to examine the…”
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Association between psychiatric disorders and the progression of tobacco use behaviors by Dierker, L C, Avenevoli, S, Merikangas, K R, Flaherty, B P, Stolar, M

“…To examine the progression of tobacco use and the patterns of comorbidity of tobacco use and psychiatric disorders. The authors conducted analyses of…”
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