Telomeres and depression | Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Studies of a link between reduced telomere length and depression and/or anxiety disorders have produced conflicting results. A recent

large-scale survey of health and nutrition of US civilians found that women (but not men) with anxiety disorders had shorter telomeres than controls. Both men and women with major depression

that was severe enough to be prescribed antidepressants were found to have shorter telemores than those with less severe depression who were not taking antidepressants. These findings link

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Contact customer support REFERENCES * Needham, B. L. et al. Depression, anxiety and telomere length in young adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. _Mol.

Psychiatry_ http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.89 (2014) Download references Authors * Sian Lewis View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS

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