Yes, social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is heritable. In other words, social anxiety disorder runs in families. A recent meta-analysis found that social anxiety disorder (SAD) and social anxiety symptoms (SAS) tend to run in families, and there are both genetic and environmental influences. However, the genetic influence of developing SAD or […]
13 Unusual Causes of Anxiety To Know About
This is somewhat surprising, but we really don’t know the actual causes of anxiety. All we have are theories and preliminary neurobiological findings. Sadly, since we do not know the pathophysiology and biology of anxiety disorders, we have no objective, biological markers to diagnose anxiety. However, we do have preliminary neurobiological findings that may eventually […]