New Developments in Addiction Medicine

Genetic Link Between Alcoholism & Depression

• Research Finds Link Between Alcoholism, Depression
  September 8, 2004

Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine have identified a gene that may be connected to both alcoholism and depression, the Associated Press reported Sept. 8.

"Clinicians have observed a connection between these two disorders for years, so we are excited to have found what could be a molecular underpinning for that association," said Alison Goate, a psychiatric geneticist who led the study.

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