A population-based twin study of the relationship between neuroticism and internalizing disorders.

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A population-based twin study of the relationship between neuroticism and internalizing disorders.

The American journal of psychiatry - 1 May 2006

Hettema John M, Neale Michael C, Myers John M, Prescott Carol A, Kendler Kenneth S

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OBJECTIVE: The anxiety and depressive disorders exhibit high levels of lifetime comorbidity with one another. The authors examined how genetic and environmental factors shared by the personality trait neuroticism and seven internalizing disorders may help explain this comorbidity. METHOD: Lifetime major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, animal phobia,...

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Adult
Aged
Anxiety Disorders
Comorbidity
Depressive Disorder, Major
Diseases in Twins
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Models, Genetic

Neurotic Disorders

Panic Disorder

Personality

Phenotype

Phobic Disorders

Risk Factors

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PMID: 16648327
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.5.857

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