The development of mental disorders constitutes a complex phenomenon driven by unique
social, psychological and biological factors such as genetics and epigenetics, throughout an …

Susceptibility to psychiatric disorders seems to be influenced by environmental disturbances
throughout all stages of life. Epigenetics is described as a key “bridge” between gene and …

Intriguing findings on genetic and environmental causation suggest a need to reframe the
etiology of mental disorders. Molecular genetics shows that thousands of common and rare …

A decade of research has demonstrated the explanatory potential of interplay between
genetic variants and environmental factors in the development of common mental disorders …

Environmental factors are known to interact with the genome by altering epigenetic
mechanisms regulating gene expression and contributing to the pathogenesis of psychiatric …

The social environment plays a considerable role in determining major psychiatric disorders.
Emerging evidence suggests that features of the social environment modify gene expression …

Gene–environment interplay is a general term that covers several divergent concepts with
different meanings and different implications. In this review, we evaluate research evidence …

An organism's behavioral and physiological and social milieu influence and are influenced
by the epigenome, which is composed predominantly of chromatin and the covalent …

This Special Issue of Development and Psychopathology is devoted to the topic of gene–
environment interaction (G x E) and developmental psychopathology. GxE, one of several …

Gene–environment interaction research in psychiatry is new, and is a natural ally of
neuroscience. Mental disorders have known environmental causes, but there is …