# Psychiatry: Multigene test predicts depression risk

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/psychiatry-multigene-test-predicts-depression-risk/2213>\
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**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/psychiatry-multigene-test-predicts-depression-risk/2213 "2019-04-08T17:52:06Z")\
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> **[Psychiatry: Multigene test predicts depression risk](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190408114240.htm)**
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> An international team has found a genetic score that reliably predicts the risk, severity and age of onset of depression in young people. The study also confirms a history of childhood abuse as a risk factor.

  
An international team has found a genetic score that reliably predicts the risk, severity and age of onset of depression in young people. The study also confirms a history of childhood abuse as a risk factor.