1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Other studies indicate that the content and severity of worry domains are not uniform across ethnic groups. ... Studies estimate that 40% of the vulnerability to develop GAD can be attributed to genetic inheritance. To date, no gene or chromosomal marker has been identified as pertinent to GAD, although other studies suggest that a variant in the gene encoding the serotonin transport protein may be linked to increased levels of anxiety (Gorman, 2001). ...
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