Partitioning the etiology of hoarding and obsessive–compulsive symptoms
BackgroundUntil recently, hoarding was considered an obsessive-compulsive symptom (OCS). However, current evidence suggests that these two phenotypes may be clinically, and perhaps etiologically, distinct. Both hoarding and OCS have a genetic etiology, but the degree of unique and shared genetic contributions to these phenotypes has not been well studied.MethodPrevalence rates were assessed for hoarding and OCS in a sample of adult twin pairs (n = 7906 twins) and their family members from The Netherlands Twin Register (total sample = 15,914). Using Mplus, genetic analyses using liability thres... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Psychological Medicine, vol 44, iss 13 |
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eScholarship
University of California |
Schlagwörter: | Biological Psychology / Psychology / Genetics / Human Genome / Adult / Female / Hoarding Disorder / Humans / Male / Middle Aged / Netherlands / Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Registries / heritability / hoarding / obsessive-compulsive / twins / Neurosciences / Public Health and Health Services / Psychiatry / Clinical sciences / Clinical and health psychology |
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