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Population-based, multi-generational family clustering study of social anxiety disorder and avoidant personality disorder.
Psychological medicine - 1 Jun 2015
Isomura K, Boman M, Rück C, Serlachius E, Larsson H, Lichtenstein P, Mataix-Cols D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We aimed to provide unbiased estimates of familial risk and heritability of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and avoidant personality disorder (AVPD). METHOD: We identified 18 399 individuals diagnosed with SAD and 2673 with AVPD in the Swedish National Patient Register between 1997 and 2009. Risks (odds ratios; OR) for SAD in all biological and non-biological relatives of probands, compared to relatives...
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