Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing Problems: Effects of Parental and Grandparental Major Depressive Disorder on Child Behavior

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• This research was supported by NIMH awards MH40501, MH50522, and MH52858 to Peter M. Lewinsohn and MH75744 to Jeremy W. Pettit.
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