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Ian Gotlib

Professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Neurodevelopment, Affect, and Psychopathology (SNAP) Lab, known for research on depression.

Oct 23, 2026

18:16
Can you talk about the findings of this search study?
18:19
Yes.
18:21
So for example, so it started, so let me just give you a few facts, and then we can kind of frame the research.
18:38
One of the strongest risk factors for depression, and when I say risk factors, it's characteristics that if you have that characteristic, you have a higher likelihood of developing depression at some point.
18:55
than someone without that characteristic.
18:57
So those are risk factors or characteristics that are associated with an increased risk for or likelihood of depression.
19:07
So one of the strongest risk factors for depression is having a family history of depression.

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31:56
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