Background: State newborn screening (NBS) programs are considering the storage and use
of NBS blood samples for research. However, no systematic assessment of parents' attitudes …

Dried blood spot (DBS) cards from newborn screening (NBS) programs represent a wealth
of biological data. They can be stored easily for a long time, have the potential to support …

Abstract N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptors are very important for proper brain
development and several lines of evidence support that hypofunction of the NMDA receptors …

It remains inconclusive whether postpartum depression (PPD) and depression with onset
outside the postpartum period (MDD) are genetically distinct disorders. We aimed to …

Cognitive functions of individuals with psychiatric disorders differ from that of the general
population. Such cognitive differences often manifest early in life as differential school …

Mortensen PB, Pedersen CB, McGrath JJ, Hougaard DM, Nørgaard‐Petersen B, Mors O,
Børglum AD, Yolken RH. Neonatal antibodies to infectious agents and risk of bipolar …

Objective To evaluate the influence of extensive genetic and psychosocial confounding on
the association between early childhood infection and five major psychiatric disorders …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders with
diverse clinical manifestations and symptoms. In the last 10 years, there have been …

Background Several studies have suggested an important role of infections in the etiology of
schizophrenia; however, shared genetic liability toward infections and schizophrenia could …

Background In this study, we examined the relationship between polygenic liability for
depression and number of stressful life events (SLEs) as risk factors for early-onset …