The Construction and Prospects of the Chongqing Twin Children Database
The Construction and Prospects of the Chongqing Twin Children Database Yixiao Fu,1 Peng Xie,3 Huaqing Meng,1 Qing Qin,1 Lu Jia,1 Qi Li,3 Yi Huang,2 Xiao Hou,5 Qinghua Luo,1 Xiaohong Ma,2 Wei Deng,3 Yingcheng Wang,3 Hua Hu,1 Lian Du,1 Kun Feng,1 Haitang Qiu,1 Yun Xiang,4 and Tao Li6 1 Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China 2 Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 3 Department of neurology The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China 4 The Forth Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China 5 Chongqing Medicine College, Chongqing, China 6 King’s College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom wins could play a crucial role in our understanding the proportion of children under the age of 16 in the Tof genetic contributions to numerous etiologically total population of developing countries is higher than complex disorders. In China, although adult twins are that of developed countries, the total number of relatively rare, twins will become increasingly avail- affected children is much higher. Currently, the inci- able due to increasing twin birth rates. Thus, child dence of child mental health problems is approximately twin data will be a valuable resource to contribute to 15% in China (Junmian, 2000; Xueyong, 2002), the field of child and adolescent psychopathology. meaning that 50 million children and teenagers may The first twin database of children aged from 6 to 16 need mental health services. was established in Chongqing, R.P., China.
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