Biological Psychiatry
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1271 , 1 December 2007

A Longitudinal Typology of Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Over the Life Course

  • Ian Colman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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  • George B. Ploubidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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  • Michael E.J. Wadsworth

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Peter B. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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  • Tim J. Croudace

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Tim J. Croudace, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Box 189 Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

Received 16 January 2007 ,Revised 4 April 2007 ,Accepted 6 May 2007.

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 The authors have no conflicting interests to declare.

PII: S0006-3223(07)00436-2

doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.05.012

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1271 , 1 December 2007

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