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Hereditary Differentiation of Anxiety and Affective Neuroses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Svenn Torgersen
Svenn Torgersen*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Vinderen, P.O. Box 23, 0319 Oslo 3, Norway
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Summary

One hundred and fifty anxiety neurotic and neurotic depressive twin probands were differentiated into three groups by means of discriminant analysis, 50 in each group. The groups were named: pure anxiety neurosis, mixed anxiety-depression, and pure neurotic depression. Analysis of concordance rates indicated that only pure anxiety neurosis seemed to be influenced by hereditary factors.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 5 , May 1985 , pp. 530 - 534
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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