Genome-wide association studies

E Uffelmann, QQ Huang, NS Munung… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants
across many genomes to find those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease …

Co‐morbidity between mood and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Saha, CCW Lim, DL Cannon, L Burton… - Depression and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is consistent evidence that mood disorders often co‐occur with anxiety disorders,
however, the strength of the association of these two broad groups of disorders has been …

Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

N Mullins, AJ Forstner, KS O'Connell, B Coombes… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-
wide association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European …

Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders

C Eijsbouts, T Zheng, NA Kennedy, F Bonfiglio… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) results from disordered brain–gut interactions. Identifying
susceptibility genes could highlight the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. We …

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 …

Exploring the genetic overlap between twelve psychiatric disorders

C Romero, J Werme, PR Jansen, J Gelernter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The widespread comorbidity among psychiatric disorders demonstrated in epidemiological
studies,,,–is mirrored by non-zero, positive genetic correlations from large-scale genetic …

Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A summary and overview of the literature

RM Rapee, C Creswell, PC Kendall, DS Pine… - … Research and Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Considerable work has advanced understanding of the nature, causes, management, and
prevention of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents over the past 30 years. Prior to …

Genetic variants associated with anxiety and stress-related disorders: a genome-wide association study and mouse-model study

SM Meier, K Trontti, KL Purves, TD Als, J Grove… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Anxiety and stress-related disorders are among the most common mental
disorders. Although family and twin studies indicate that both genetic and environmental …

A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health

JR Baldwin, HM Sallis, T Schoeler, MJ Taylor… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Children who experience adversities have an elevated risk of mental health problems.
However, the extent to which adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) cause mental health …

Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression

JG Thorp, AI Campos, AD Grotzinger… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent and comorbid psychiatric traits that cause
considerable burden worldwide. Here we use factor analysis and genomic structural …