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Article: Overlapping genetic factors in pathological gambling and major depression.
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- September 22, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 September 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Overlapping genetic factors in pathological gambling and major depression(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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New Haven, Conn. - The correlation between pathological gambling and major depression in middle-aged men appears to be heavily influenced by overlapping genetic factors, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Washington University's School of Medicine.
The lead author, Marc Potenza, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry, said future research is needed to determine if the findings extend to other groups, such as women, to identify ...