Genome-wide association study of response to cognitive-behavioural therapy in children with anxiety disorders

Jonathan R I Coleman1, Kathryn J Lester1, Robert Keers1

  • 1Jonathan R. I. Coleman, MSc, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, UK; Kathryn J. Lester, DPhil, King's College London, IoPPN, MRC SGDP Centre, UK, and School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK; Robert Keers, PhD, Susanna Roberts, MSc, King's College London, IoPPN, MRC SGDP Centre, UK; Charles Curtis, MSc, King's College London, IoPPN, MRC SGDP Centre, UK, and National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust, UK; Kristian Arendt, PhD, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark; Susan Bögels, PhD, Research Institute Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Peter Cooper, DPhil, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK, and Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Cathy Creswell, DClinPsy, PhD, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, UK; Tim Dalgleish, PhD, MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK; Catharina A. Hartman, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands; Einar R. Heiervang, PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Katrin Hötzel, PhD, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Jennifer L. Hudson, PhD, Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Tina In-Albon, PhD, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany; Kristen Lavallee, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland; Heidi J. Lyneham, PhD, Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; Carla E. Marin, PhD, Yale University, Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Richard Meiser-S

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