Article
Anorexia nervosa and major depression: shared genetic and environmental risk factors.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2000
Wade T D, Bulik C M, Neale M, Kendler K S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to derive heritability estimates for anorexia nervosa and to explore the etiology of the comorbid relationship between anorexia nervosa and major depression. METHOD: They applied bivariate structural equation modeling to a broad definition of anorexia nervosa and lif...
Topics
- Adult
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Comorbidity
- Depressive Disorder
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
