Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders

J MacKillop, R Agabio, SW Feldstein Ewing… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Alcohol is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs globally. Hazardous
drinking, defined by quantity and frequency of consumption, is associated with acute and …

Validity and utility of hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum

RF Krueger, KA Hobbs, CC Conway, DM Dick… - World …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an empirical effort to address
limitations of traditional mental disorder diagnoses. These include arbitrary boundaries …

Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

G Sveinbjornsson, MO Ulfarsson, RB Thorolfsdottir… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and its sequelae are growing health problems. We performed
a genome-wide association study of NAFL, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and …

Association of habitual alcohol intake with risk of cardiovascular disease

KJ Biddinger, CA Emdin, ME Haas, M Wang… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits
associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications

DF Levey, M Galimberti, JD Deak, FR Wendt… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
As recreational use of cannabis is being decriminalized in many places and medical use
widely sanctioned, there are growing concerns about increases in cannabis use disorder …

A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

EC Johnson, D Demontis, TE Thorgeirsson… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Variation in liability to cannabis use disorder has a strong genetic component
(estimated twin and family heritability about 50–70%) and is associated with negative …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

H Zhou, JM Sealock, S Sanchez-Roige, TK Clarke… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Although genome-wide association studies have identified PAU risk genes, the genetic …

Genetic architecture of 11 major psychiatric disorders at biobehavioral, functional genomic and molecular genetic levels of analysis

AD Grotzinger, TT Mallard, WA Akingbuwa, HF Ip… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We interrogate the joint genetic architecture of 11 major psychiatric disorders at
biobehavioral, functional genomic and molecular genetic levels of analysis. We identify four …

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 …