COMMON GENETIC MECHANISMS IN ALCOHOL, DRUG, AND MENTAL DISORDER COMORBIDITY
COMMON GENETIC MECHANISMS IN ALCOHOL, DRUG, AND MENTAL DISORDER COMORBIDITY
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DOI:
10.1016/0376-8716(95)01151-n
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发表时间:
1995-08-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
LABUDA, MC
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作者:
PICKENS, RW;SVIKIS, DS;LABUDA, MC
Comorbid drug and mental disorders were assessed in 63 monozygotic (MZ) and 67 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs. DSM-III alcohol dependence was heritable in males when probands had a comorbid DSM-III drug or mental disorder but not when probands had only alcohol dependence. For males, significantly higher cross-MZ than cross-DZ correlations were found between alcohol dependence in probands and certain mental and drug disorders in cotwins. In contrast, females showed higher within-twin than cross-MZ correlations and similar cross-MZ and cross-DZ correlations between alcohol dependence and all mental and drug disorders. These results suggest comorbidity between alcohol and certain drug and mental disorders in males in epidemiological surveys may be due in part to genetic influences.