The heritability of avoidant and dependent personality disorder assessed by personal interview and questionnaire

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 448-457

  Gjerde, L C ^a,b   Czajkowski, N ^a,b   Roysamb E ^a,b   Orstavik R E ^a,b   Knudsen, G P ^a,b   Ostby K ^a,b   Torgersen, S ^b,c   Myers, J ^b,d   Kendler, K S ^b,d   Reichborn Kjennerud, T ^a,b,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway   (Norway)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Personality disorders; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868710788     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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