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A correlation found between psychiatric disorders and events during the prenatal stag
January 31, 2019
Researchers discover a correlation between psychiatric disorders and events during the prenatal stage
Particular genetic variants in the human genome that are important for the development of the brain early in the life of the foetus are frequently found in psychiatric disorders. This is shown by a study carried out by iPSYCH.
Researchers studied a total of eight million genetic variants and in connection with this they found that a number of these variants occur particularly often in people who have one of more of the following psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, autism and ADHD.
This background is provided by Professor Thomas Werge from the Mental Health Services & University of Copenhagen and the Lundbeck Foundation's Initiative for Integrated Psychiatric Research, commonly referred to as iPSYCH, which has received a total of DKK 361 million in funding from the Lundbeck Foundation. He explains:
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https://www.brightsurf.com/news/article/013119475182/a-correlation-found-between-psychiatric-disorders-and-events-during-the-prenatal-stag.html