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MEDIA RELEASE – VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR GENETIC DEPRESSION RISK RESEARCH – APRIL 27, 2018

The biggest study of its kind has allowed researchers to identify genetic risk factors associated with major depression, providing new insights for prevention and treatment. Australian researchers, including Professor Naomi Wray from The University of Queensland and Professor Nick Martin from QIMR Berghofer, are now seeking volunteers who have been diagnosed with clinical depression to…

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Ann’s story

Mother, administrative assistant and animal lover, Ann, 55, Gold Coast, first experienced depression as a child but wasn’t diagnosed until she was 25 years old. Struggling to cope with her father’s suicide when she was just ten years old, Ann always preferred her own company and would go weeks without talking to anyone at all.…

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