JAMA Psychiatry, Feb 2023 | OCD and Its Cross-Generational Familial Association With Anxiety Disorders

JAMA Psychiatry
Original Investigation

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Cross-Generational Familial Association With Anxiety Disorders in a National Swedish Extended Adoption Study

Findings  This population register–based study found that OCD was transmitted from parents to children largely through a genetic relationship, while rearing appeared to play a minor role. OCD and anxiety disorders were moderately genetically correlated, with the genetic correlation being strongest between OCD and generalized anxiety disorder, intermediate with social phobia, and weakest for panic disorder.

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Citation

Kendler KS, Abrahamsson L, Ohlsson H, Sundquist J, Sundquist K. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Its Cross-Generational Familial Association With Anxiety Disorders in a National Swedish Extended Adoption Study. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online February 01, 2023. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4777

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