Ten challenges for clinical translation in psychiatric genetics

EM Derks, JG Thorp, ZF Gerring - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of robust genetic associations
underlying psychiatric disorders and provided important biological insights into disease …

Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Mahjani, K Bey, J Boberg, C Burton - Psychological Medicine, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder with multiple
symptom dimensions (eg contamination, symmetry). OCD clusters in families and decades …

Cross-trait assortative mating is widespread and inflates genetic correlation estimates

R Border, G Athanasiadis, A Buil, AJ Schork, N Cai… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The observation of genetic correlations between disparate human traits has been
interpreted as evidence of widespread pleiotropy. Here, we introduce cross-trait assortative …

Identification of shared and differentiating genetic architecture for autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and case subgroups

M Mattheisen, J Grove, TD Als, J Martin, G Voloudakis… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are
highly heritable neurodevelopmental conditions, with considerable overlap in their genetic …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …

Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders

AS Hatoum, SMC Colbert, EC Johnson… - Nature Mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic liability to substance use disorders can be parsed into loci that confer general or
substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association meta …

Exploring the genetic overlap between twelve psychiatric disorders

C Romero, J Werme, PR Jansen, J Gelernter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The widespread comorbidity among psychiatric disorders demonstrated in epidemiological
studies,,,–is mirrored by non-zero, positive genetic correlations from large-scale genetic …

Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder

CM Nievergelt, AX Maihofer, EG Atkinson, CY Chen… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) genetics are characterized by lower discoverability
than most other psychiatric disorders. The contribution to biological understanding from …

The addiction risk factor: A unitary genetic vulnerability characterizes substance use disorders and their associations with common correlates

AS Hatoum, EC Johnson, SMC Colbert… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Substance use disorders commonly co-occur with one another and with other psychiatric
disorders. They share common features including high impulsivity, negative affect, and lower …

Psychosis superspectrum I: Nosology, etiology, and lifespan development

KG Jonas, TD Cannon, AR Docherty, D Dwyer… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
This review describes the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) model of
psychosis-related psychopathology, the psychosis superspectrum. The HiTOP psychosis …