Panic disorder is a common mental disorder that affects up to 5% of the population at some
point in life. It is often disabling, especially when complicated by agoraphobia, and is …

This review provides a broad overview of the state of research in the genetics of anxiety
disorders (AD). Genetic epidemiological studies report a moderate level of familial …

Molecular genetic studies of personality began with two high impact papers in 1996 that
showed provisional associations between the dopamine DRD4 exon III repeat region and …

Objective: To present nationally representative data on the prevalence, correlates, and
comorbidity of DSM-IV panic disorder (PAN), including the differentiation between panic with …

Anxiety and depression share a long, close history in psychiatric nosology and treatment.
The anxiety disorders, individually and as a group, exhibit remarkably high rates of …

The lifetime prevalence of panic disorder (PD) is up to 4% worldwide and there is substantial
evidence that genetic factors contribute to the development of PD. Single-nucleotide …

There is strong evidence for a genetic contribution to the pathogenesis of panic disorder,
with the functional catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism having …

Bulimia nervosa (BN) is strongly familial, and additive genetic effects appear to contribute
substantially to the observed familiality. In turn, behavioral components of BN, such as self …

Anxiety disorders are frequent and burdensome psychiatric diseases. Despite their
moderate to strong heritabilities, the search for candidate genes has been limited by …

Several theoretical studies have suggested that large samples of randomly ascertained
siblings can be used to ascertain phenotypically extreme individuals and thereby increase …