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Acta Neuropsychiatr. 1999 Jun;11(2):63-6. doi: 10.1017/S0924270800036188.

The genetics of anxiety disorders.

Acta neuropsychiatrica

B J van de Wetering, O A van den Heuvel, D L Pauls

Affiliations

  1. Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam,afd. Psychiatrie.
  2. Academisch Medisch Centrum,Universiteit van Amsterdam,div. Psychiatrie.
  3. Child Study Center,Yale University School of Medicine,New Haven,USA.

PMID: 26976256 DOI: 10.1017/S0924270800036188

Abstract

The common denominator of anxiety disorders is that they share inappropriate levels of emotions and cognitions that affect rather than enable adaptive behaviours. The variety of symptoms include 'spontaneous' panic attacks with mental and physical symptoms, stimulus bound anxiety associated with avoidance behaviour, and almost constant 'generalized' anxious feelings. According to the DSM-IV criteria the anxiety disorders are classified as shown in Table I.

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