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We thank C. Douglas for manuscript assistance and acknowledge support from the Depression Grand Challenge and US National Institute of Mental Health grants U01 MH105578 and R01 MH113078 (N.B.F.) and R01 MH11610 (D.C.M.).
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Freimer, N.B., Mohr, D.C. Integrating behavioural health tracking in human genetics research. Nat Rev Genet 20, 129–130 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-018-0078-y
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