The fact that Vincent Van Gogh's brother committed suicide just a year after Vincent did, and suffered from anxiety and depression symptoms, suggests that there is a ________ component to the mental illnesses that may exist in a person.

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The fact that both Vincent and his brother suffered from anxiety and depression symptoms and that his brother also committed suicide suggests a strong genetic component to their mental illnesses. This means that there may be a hereditary predisposition towards developing mental illnesses in their family.

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