Article
A twin study of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms, panic disorder symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder in men.
Psychiatry research - 20 Sept 2001
Chantarujikapong S I, Scherrer J F, Xian H, Eisen S A, Lyons M J, Goldberg J, Tsuang M, True W R
Abstract excerpt
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often co-occur. We investigated whether and to what degree genetic and environmental contributions overlap among symptoms of GAD, symptoms of PD and PTSD. Subjects were 3327 monozygotic and dizygotic male-male twin pair members of the Vietnam Era Twin Registry who participated in a 1992 telephone administration of...
Topics
- Adult
- Anxiety Disorders
- Combat Disorders
- Diseases in Twins
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Panic Disorder
- Phenotype
- Registries
- Social Environment
- Twins, Dizygotic
- Twins, Monozygotic