Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders worldwide. They often
onset early in life, with symptoms and consequences that can persist for decades. This …

Objective: Irritability has been proposed to underlie the developmental link between
oppositional problems and depression. Little is known, however, about the genetic and …

Research suggests that a history of childhood anxiety correlates with and predicts
adolescent depression. The present review synthesizes current knowledge of relations …

Background Mindfulness‐based therapies have been shown to be effective in treating
depression and reducing cognitive biases. Anxiety sensitivity is one cognitive bias that may …

Background Despite being considered a measure of environmental risk, reported life events
are partly heritable. One mechanism that may contribute to this heritability is genetic …

Depression, anxiety, obesity and substance use are heritable and often co-occur. However,
the mechanisms underlying this co-occurrence are not fully understood. We estimated their …

The current study sought to examine the direction of influences on longitudinal associations
between anxiety sensitivity, anxiety and depression. The continuity of genetic and …

Family studies have shown that MDD is highly transmittable but have not studied its
heritability. Twin studies show heritability of about 40% and do not include anxiety disorders …

The field of behavioural genetics unambiguously demonstrates that heritable individual
differences exist and are important in explaining human behaviour. Despite this, some …

Background: Twin studies in children reveal that familial aggregation of anxiety disorders is
due to both genetic and environmental factors. Cognitive biases for threat information are …