[HTML][HTML] Examining sex differences in neurodevelopmental and psychiatric genetic risk in anxiety and depression

J Martin, K Asjadi, L Hubbard, K Kendall, AF Pardiñas… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Anxiety and depression are common mental health disorders and have a higher prevalence
in females. They are modestly heritable, share genetic liability with other psychiatric …

The contribution of genetic risk to the comorbidity of depression and anxiety: a multi-site electronic health records study

BJ Coombes, I Landi, KW Choi, K Singh, YN Gao… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Importance Depression and anxiety are common and highly comorbid, posing a clinical and
public health concern because such comorbidity is associated with poorer outcomes …

Sex differences in anxiety and depression in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Investigating genetic liability and comorbidity

J Martin, S Shameem Agha, O Eyre… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is unknown why attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more common in males,
whereas anxiety and depression show a female population excess. We tested the …

Using phenotype risk scores to enhance gene discovery for generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder

FR Wendt, GA Pathak, JD Deak, F De Angelis… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
UK Biobank (UKB) is a key contributor in mental health genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) but only~ 31% of participants completed the Mental Health Questionnaire (“MHQ …

The genetic contribution to the comorbidity of depression and anxiety: a multi-site electronic health records study of almost 178 000 people

BJ Coombes, I Landi, KW Choi, K Singh… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDepression and anxiety are common and highly comorbid, and their comorbidity
is associated with poorer outcomes posing clinical and public health concerns. We …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic risk profiles for depression and anxiety in adult and elderly cohorts

A Demirkan, BWJH Penninx, K Hek, NR Wray… - Molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
The first generation of genome-wide association studies (GWA studies) for psychiatric
disorders has led to new insights regarding the genetic architecture of these disorders. We …

Investigating gender-specific effects of familial risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders in the Swedish population

J Martin, L Ghirardi, Q Chen, CA Hartman… - BJPsych Open, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMany psychiatric disorders show gender differences in prevalence. Recent
studies suggest that female patients diagnosed with anxiety and depression carry more …

Symptom-level genetic modelling identifies novel risk loci and unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

JG Thorp, AI Campos, AD Grotzinger, Z Gerring, J An… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent and comorbid psychiatric traits that cause
considerable burden worldwide. Previous studies have revealed substantial genetic overlap …

Polygenic risk for severe psychopathology among Europeans is associated with major depressive disorder in Han Chinese women

AC Edwards, AR Docherty, A Moscati… - Psychological …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that several major psychiatric disorders
are influenced by shared genetic factors. This shared liability may influence clinical features …

Genetic susceptibility for major depressive disorder associates with trajectories of depressive symptoms across childhood and adolescence

AA Lussier, M Hawrilenko, MJ Wang… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Early‐onset depression during childhood and adolescence is associated with a
worse course of illness and outcome than adult onset. However, the genetic factors that …