Open AccessThe Genetic Epidemiology of Irrational Fears and Phobias in Men
Author(s) -
Kenneth S. Kendler,
John Myers,
Carol A. Prescott,
Michael C. Neale
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.58.3.257
Subject(s) - phobias , irrational number , psychology , epidemiology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , anxiety , geometry , mathematics
Much of our knowledge of the role of genetic factors in the etiology of phobias comes from one population-based sample of female twins. We examined the sources of individual differences in the risks for phobias and their associated irrational fears in male twins.
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