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panic disorder environmental factors

panic disorder Environmental Factors A number of uncontrolled trials have suggested that agoraphobic avoidance (and thus probably the first panic attack) is preceded by a major life event in a majority of subjects. Controlled retrospective trials, however, have not been completely consistent. One study found that panic disorder subjects reported a greater number of stressors […]

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genetic and environmental influences on depression and anxiety

Inclusion of Specific Environmental and Endophenotypic Variables in Behavior Genetic Models Standard behavior genetic analyses represent genetic and environmental influences as unspecif ied, anonymous, or ‘‘black box’’ variables. Kendler notes that the statistical power to detect shared environmental influences is low in such standard models, whereas incorporating specified environmental variables within a behavior genetic model […]

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Depression Hereditary or Environmental

Rende, Plomin, Reiss, & Hetherington found shared environmental influences for extreme depression scores in adolescents (c2 = .44) and no significant genetic influence on extreme scores. In contrast, these authors found genetic influences, but not shared environmental inf luences, for individual differences in the normal range of depressive symptoms (h2 = .34). With regard to […]

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Is Schizophrenia Genetic or Environmental

Is Schizophrenia Genetic or Environmental?Many family studies have been conducted to establish that a familial association exists between these disorders and schizophrenia, but fewer twin and adoption studies have been conducted to investigate the role that genetic influences play in their etiology. As stated earlier, different models exist to explain the genetic transmission of the […]

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