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Depression, anxiety and personality dimensions in female first-degree relatives of alcohol-dependent probands

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A total of 136 with or without first-degree relatives with alcohol dependence were compared according to lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders and personality dimensions. Family history positive women showed significant higher prevalence rates of depression and agoraphobia, and exhibited lower scores on Reward Dependence, Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness dimensions.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Reims Champagne-Ardenne University, Reims, France

    Delphine Raucher-Chéné & Arthur Kaladjian

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Reims, France

    Delphine Raucher-Chéné, Fabien Gierski, Bérengère Hübsch, Christine-Vanessa Cuervo-Lombard, Céline Bera-Potelle & Arthur Kaladjian

  3. C2S Laboratory, Reims Champagne-Ardenne University, Reims, France

    Fabien Gierski

  4. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Renaud Cohen & Jean-Pierre Kahn

  5. Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Frédéric Limosin

  6. INSERM UMR 894, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Paris, France

    Frédéric Limosin

  7. Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Psychiatry, Corentin-Celton Hospital, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France

    Frédéric Limosin

  8. Pôle de Psychiatrie des Adultes, Hôpital Robert Debré, 45 Avenue du Général Koenig, 51092, Reims Cedex, France

    Delphine Raucher-Chéné

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Raucher-Chéné, D., Gierski, F., Hübsch, B. et al. Depression, anxiety and personality dimensions in female first-degree relatives of alcohol-dependent probands. Arch Womens Ment Health 15, 229–232 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-012-0271-5

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