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Article: Anxiety, depression and insomnia are genetically linked.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- June 8, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Scientists have found that anxiety, depression, and insomnia are genetically linked.
Dr. Phillip Gehrman, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine, says that the genes that play a role in adolescent insomnia are he same as those involved in depression and anxiety
He says that the results of the study show that insomnia as a diagnosis has a moderate heritability in 8 to 16 year olds, which is consistent with past studies of insomnia symptoms in adults.
The researcher says that significant genetic effects shared between insomnia, ...