Genome-wide association study

Genotype

Genetic association

Biology

Mutation

Anxiety

Gene

Single-nucleotide polymorphism

Psychiatry

Genetics

Medicine

Cognition

Exome

Clinical psychology

Psychology

Exome sequencing

The British Journal of Psychiatry

Anxiety disorders are common, and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a first-line treatment. Candidate gene studies have suggested a genetic basis to treatment response, but findings have been inconsistent.

Genome-wide association study of response to cognitive–behavioural therapy in children with anxiety disorders