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Heritabilities of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression in earthquake exposed Armenian families.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Goenjian Armen K, Noble Ernest P, Walling David P, Goenjian Haig A, Karayan Ida S, Ritchie Terry, Bailey Julia N
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the heritabilities of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and the shared genetic component of these symptoms among family members exposed to the 1988 Spitak earthquake in Armenia. METHODS: Two hundred members of 12 multigenerational families exposed to the Spitak earthquake were studied using a battery that assessed earthquake exposure and symptoms of PTSD,...
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