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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]

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Common risk factors in the development of anxiety are: depression, alcohol, low socioeconomic status, bipolar disorder, urbanization, stress, family history of anxiety, unemployment, and substance abuse.

Close interaction between genetic and environmental factors is attributed for increased risk of anxiety:^[1]

↑ Muris P, Mannens J, Peters L, Meesters C (2017). "The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Correlations with anxiety, fear, and depression scales in non-clinical children". J Anxiety Disord. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.06.001. PMID 28668214.