Associations of familial risk factors with social fears and social phobia: Evidence for the continuum hypothesis in social anxiety disorder?

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-648

  Knappe, Susanne ^a   Beesdo, Katja ^a   Fehm, Lydia ^b   Lieb, Roselind ^c,d   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a,d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuum; Family environment; Parental psychopathology; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449167740     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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