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Study Links Maternal Mental Illness-Related Variants to Perinatal Risk Factors For Offspring
Researchers identified relationships between pregnancy-related maternal traits and behaviors and polygenic risk scores for half a dozen mental health conditions.
Polygenic Risk Scores for Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Civilians Are Generalizable to Veterans
Data from the US Million Veteran Program indicates that schizophrenia PRS developed with civilian data can identify veterans at risk of the condition despite differences between the cohorts.
NYGC Psychiatric Disease Database Project Aims to Kickstart Precision Medicine for Mental Illness
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The center is leading a group that hopes to generate whole-genome sequencing data for psychiatric patients from a large, existing New York state clinical database.
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Risk Traced to Common, Rare Variants in New Genetic Studies
Researchers found that rare and common genetic risk factors for schizophrenia discovered in the two studies converged on many of the same biological mechanisms.
Leadership Roles Linked to Increased Bipolar Disorder Risk in New GWAS
The study uncovered genetic ties between holding a leadership position and intelligence, but also with mental health-related traits.