Risk Factors for Anxiety
What’s Anxiety?
Genetics
Absent Parent
Trauma
Depression
Self-Harm
Constant Stress
Personality
Substance Abuse
Loneliness
Physical Illness
Your Gender
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MentalHelp.net: “DSM-5 The Ten Personality Disorders: Cluster C.”
Mind.org: “Loneliness.”
National Alliance on Mental Illness: “Self-Harm.”
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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