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Carol A. Prescott
Researcher at University of Southern California
Publications - 189
Citations - 25474
Carol A. Prescott is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Twin study. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 185 publications receiving 24083 citations. Previous affiliations of Carol A. Prescott include University of California, Los Angeles & Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Causal Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and the Onset of Major Depression
TL;DR: Stressed life events have a substantial causal relationship with the onset of episodes of major depression, however, about one-third of the association between stressful life events and onsets of depression is noncausal, since individuals predisposed to major depression select themselves into high-risk environments.
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The Structure of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Common Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Men and Women
TL;DR: The underlying structure of the genetic and environmental risk factors for the common psychiatric and drug abuse disorders in men and women is very similar.
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Childhood sexual abuse and adult psychiatric and substance use disorders in women: an epidemiological and cotwin control analysis
Kenneth S. Kendler,Cynthia M. Bulik,Judy L. Silberg,John M. Hettema,John Myers,Carol A. Prescott +5 more
TL;DR: Results are consistent with the hypothesis that CSA is causally related to an increased risk for psychiatric and substance abuse disorders and cannot be explained by background familial factors.
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Toward a comprehensive developmental model for major depression in women.
TL;DR: This paper used structural equation modeling to generate a developmental model for the etiology of major depression in women using data from 1,942 adult female twins, interviewed up to four times over a 9-year period.
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Life event dimensions of loss, humiliation, entrapment, and danger in the prediction of onsets of major depression and generalized anxiety.
TL;DR: H humiliating events that directly devalue an individual in a core role were strongly linked to risk for depressive episodes, and event dimensions and categories that predispose to pure MD vs pure GAS episodes can be distinguished with moderate specificity.