General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 442-450 , September 2009

Longitudinal associations among depression, obesity and alcohol use disorders in young adulthood

  • Carolyn A. McCarty, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Tel.: +1 206 884 8243; fax: +1 206 884 7801.
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  • Rick Kosterman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • ,
  • W. Alex Mason, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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  • Elizabeth McCauley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • ,
  • J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • ,
  • Todd I. Herrenkohl, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
    • ,
  • Liliana J. Lengua, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

Received 3 February 2009 ,Accepted 29 May 2009.

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☆ This article is one of a number of articles from the Seattle Social Development Project. Some descriptions of the project used in this article are similar to those used in studies published previously by the authors.

☆☆ This research was supported by grant #9R01DA021426-08 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and by grant #K01 MH69892-05 from the National Institute of Mental Health (McCarty). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0163-8343(09)00100-5

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.013

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 442-450 , September 2009

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