Associations of familial risk factors with social fears and social phobia: evidence for the continuum hypothesis in social anxiety disorder?

doi:10.1007/s00702-008-0118-4

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Associations of familial risk factors with social fears and social phobia: evidence for the continuum hypothesis in social anxiety disorder?

Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jun 2009

Knappe Susanne, Beesdo Katja, Fehm Lydia, Lieb Roselind, Wittchen Hans-Ulrich

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We examined parental psychopathology and family environment in subthreshold and DSM-IV threshold conditions of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in a representative cohort sample of 1,395 adolescents. Offspring and parental psychopathology was assessed using the DIA-X/M-CIDI; recalled parental rearing and family functioning via questionnaire. Diagnostic interviews in parents were supplemented by family history...

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Adolescent
Adult
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Phobic Disorders
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Young Adult

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PMID: 18982243
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0118-4
PMCID: PMC2694921

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