Pamela A Madden

Summary

Affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The assessment of peer selection and peer environmental influences on behavior using pairs of siblings or twins
    Pamela A F Madden
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University School, 63108, USA
    Twin Res 5:38-43. 2002
  2. ncbi The epidemiology and genetics of smoking initiation and persistence: crosscultural comparisons of twin study results
    Pamela A F Madden
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
    Twin Res 7:82-97. 2004
  3. ncbi Shared genetic vulnerability in alcohol and cigarette use and dependence
    Pamela A F Madden
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:1919-21. 2002
  4. ncbi The genetics of smoking persistence in men and women: a multicultural study
    P A Madden
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Behav Genet 29:423-31. 1999
  5. ncbi Suicide attempts in an adolescent female twin sample
    A L Glowinski
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiaty, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:1300-7. 2001
  6. ncbi Familiality and heritability of subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a population sample of adolescent female twins
    R D Todd
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1891-8. 2001
  7. ncbi Towards a molecular epidemiology of alcohol dependence: analysing the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors
    A C Heath
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Br J Psychiatry Suppl 40:s33-40. 2001
  8. ncbi Transitions in drinking in adolescent females: evidence from the Missouri adolescent female twin study
    K K Bucholz
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis 63108, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24:914-23. 2000
  9. ncbi An assessment of the genetic relationship between alcohol metabolism and alcoholism risk in Australian twins of European ancestry
    J D Grant
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis 63108, USA
    Behav Genet 29:463-72. 1999
  10. ncbi Resiliency factors protecting against teenage alcohol use and smoking: influences of religion, religious involvement and values, and ethnicity in the Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study
    A C Heath
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
    Twin Res 2:145-55. 1999

Research Grants

  1. The Genetics of Vulnerability to Nicotine Addictions
    Pamela Madden; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi The assessment of peer selection and peer environmental influences on behavior using pairs of siblings or twins
    Pamela A F Madden
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University School, 63108, USA
    Twin Res 5:38-43. 2002
    ..Limitations of these simulations, including uncertainty about the most appropriate way to model peer selection, are discussed...
  2. ncbi The epidemiology and genetics of smoking initiation and persistence: crosscultural comparisons of twin study results
    Pamela A F Madden
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
    Twin Res 7:82-97. 2004
    ..There are strong genetic influences on smoking behavior, and that risk of becoming a smoker (but not persistence in smoking) may be modified by experiences shared by twins that differ by AG and, at least for men, cultural background...
  3. ncbi Shared genetic vulnerability in alcohol and cigarette use and dependence
    Pamela A F Madden
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:1919-21. 2002
  4. ncbi The genetics of smoking persistence in men and women: a multicultural study
    P A Madden
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Behav Genet 29:423-31. 1999
    ....
  5. ncbi Suicide attempts in an adolescent female twin sample
    A L Glowinski
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiaty, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:1300-7. 2001
    ..To examine suicide attempts in an epidemiologically and genetically informative youth sample...
  6. ncbi Familiality and heritability of subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a population sample of adolescent female twins
    R D Todd
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1891-8. 2001
    ..The study examined the familiality and heritability of ADHD subtypes as defined by DSM-IV and by latent-class analysis in a population sample of adolescent female twins...
  7. ncbi Towards a molecular epidemiology of alcohol dependence: analysing the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors
    A C Heath
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Br J Psychiatry Suppl 40:s33-40. 2001
    ..Progress in identifying genetic factors protective against alcohol dependence (AlcD) requires a paradigm shift in psychiatric epidemiology...
  8. ncbi Transitions in drinking in adolescent females: evidence from the Missouri adolescent female twin study
    K K Bucholz
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis 63108, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24:914-23. 2000
    ..Data from adult community samples indicate that alcohol dependence originates in late adolescence, thus marking that period as a fruitful one for the study of transitions in drinking...
  9. ncbi An assessment of the genetic relationship between alcohol metabolism and alcoholism risk in Australian twins of European ancestry
    J D Grant
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis 63108, USA
    Behav Genet 29:463-72. 1999
    ..However, this effect was not seen in those who themselves had a history of alcohol dependence by interview follow-up, perhaps because this relationship was already masked by a history of excessive drinking at baseline...
  10. ncbi Resiliency factors protecting against teenage alcohol use and smoking: influences of religion, religious involvement and values, and ethnicity in the Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study
    A C Heath
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
    Twin Res 2:145-55. 1999
    ..We speculate about the possible association between high heritability of African American religious behavior and an accelerated maturation of religious values during adolescence...
  11. ncbi Major depressive disorder in a community-based twin sample: are there different genetic and environmental contributions for men and women?
    L J Bierut
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:557-63. 1999
    ..Sex differences in genetic effects were also studied...
  12. ncbi Statistical methods in genetic research on smoking
    A C Heath
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Stat Methods Med Res 7:165-86. 1998
    ....
  13. ncbi Modeling genetic and environmental influences in the etiology of conduct disorder: a study of 2,682 adult twin pairs
    W S Slutske
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110 1093, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 106:266-79. 1997
    ..The fit of a multiple-threshold model raises the possibility that CD may not necessarily be a discrete entity but rather an extreme of the normal variation in conduct-disordered behavior found in the general population...
  14. ncbi Predictors of non-response to a questionnaire survey of a volunteer twin panel: findings from the Australian 1989 twin cohort
    A C Heath
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 40 N. Kingshighway, Suite One, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
    Twin Res 4:73-80. 2001
    ....
  15. ncbi Assessing the effects of cooperation bias and attrition in behavioral genetic research using data-weighting
    A C Heath
    Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
    Behav Genet 28:415-27. 1998
    ..However, pairwise data-weighting indicated that this cooperation bias was leading to only a slight underestimation of the importance of genetic effects on subjective intoxication...
  16. ncbi Accuracy of mothers' retrospective reports of smoking during pregnancy: comparison with twin sister informant ratings
    Andrew C Heath
    Missouri Alcoholism Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
    Twin Res 6:297-301. 2003
    ..We conclude that retrospective smoking data can safely be used to identify potential associations of later child outcomes with maternal smoking during pregnancy...
  17. ncbi The genetics of alcohol intake and of alcohol dependence
    John B Whitfield
    Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:1153-60. 2004
    ..The aims of this study were to assess the long-term repeatability and genetic or environmental causes of variation in alcohol intake and to estimate the degree of overlap with causes of susceptibility to alcohol dependence...
  18. ncbi A genetically informed study of marital instability and its association with offspring psychopathology
    Brian M D'Onofrio
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 114:570-86. 2005
    ..The results are consistent with a causal connection between marital instability and psychopathology in young-adult offspring...

Research Grants1

  1. The Genetics of Vulnerability to Nicotine Addictions
    Pamela Madden; Fiscal Year: 2007
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