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Is anxiety genetic?

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Clinical psychologist Catherine Atnas explores whether anxiety disorders can have a genetic cause – and run in families – or whether they can be due to other factors. Chelsea Psychology Clinic are a group of London psychologists and psychiatrists offering private psychological therapy and psychiatry treatment from their premises across central London and Chelsea. The private therapy sessions cover the following areas: – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Cognitive Analytic Therapy – Cognitive-behavioural Therapy – Couples Therapy – Dialectical-behaviour Therapy – Mentalisation Based Treatment – Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy – Schema Therapy https://www.thechelseapsychologyclinic.com

Video Transcription

There may be a genetic component to anxiety disorders in general, in that some people are probably born with a temperament that means they’re more likely to experience emotions more easily and that those emotions get triggered more quickly perhaps. There’s also some evidence that there tends to be more anxiety within families where there’s anxiety. Having said that, it might also be down to kind of characteristics of that person and it might also be a kind of a learned behaviour.

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Dr Catherine Atnas

Dr Catherine Atnas

19 June 2022

"Dr Catherine Atnas is a Clinical Psychologist with considerable experience working in primary and secondary care settings, as well as working within acute mental health settings within the NHS."

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