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Genetic and environmental sources of covariation between generalized anxiety disorder and neuroticism.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 2004
Hettema John M, Prescott Carol A, Kendler Kenneth S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the sources of covariation between generalized anxiety disorder and the personality trait of neuroticism. Because women have higher levels of neuroticism and twice the risk of lifetime generalized anxiety disorder of men, gender-specific effects were also explored. METHOD: Lifetime generalized anxiety disorder and neuroticism were assessed in more than 8,000 twins from male-male,...
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