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Anxiety and depressive disorders in offspring at high risk for anxiety: a meta-analysis.
Journal of anxiety disorders - 1 Dec 2009
Micco Jamie A, Henin Aude, Mick Eric, Kim Susie, Hopkins Courtney A, Biederman Joseph, Hirshfeld-Becker Dina R
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of studies examining prevalence of psychopathology among offspring of anxiety-disordered parents, with the purpose of determining overall risk among these offspring for developing anxiety and depressive disorders. Pooled odds ratios for these disorders among high-risk offspring, compared to offspring of psychiatric and non-psychiatric controls, were calculated. Sixteen papers...
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