A population-based twin study of the relationship between neuroticism and internalizing disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 857-864

  Hettema, John M ^a   Neale, Michael C ^a   Myers, John M ^a   Prescott, Carol A ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PERSONALITY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TWINS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRGINIA;

EID: 85047696382     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.5.857     Document Type: Article

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