epidemiological studies over the past 30 years have consistently demonstrated that genetic factors are important in the etiology of schizophrenia. Repeated analyses of family, adoption and twin ...

An assessment of 73,929 people with bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia from a Swedish registry found evidence that the two disorders also share more than half of their genetic determinants.

When it comes to our physical health, genetics play a key role ... seem to be linked to more than one condition. For example, schizophrenia seems to also increase the risk of bipolar disorder ...

is influenced by genetics and responds to factors such as diet, stress, and exposure to pollutants. "These findings reinforce the hypothesis that schizophrenia and other disorders have a ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Schizophrenia runs in families, suggesting it has an underlying genetic basis. Identifying genes with a strong role in the disorder’s development ...

is influenced by genetics and responds to factors such as diet, stress, and exposure to pollutants. The study results indicate that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression disorder ...

Ongoing twin, adoption, and family studies include brain imaging and genome wide association studies ... Runs of homozygosity implicate autozygosity as a schizophrenia risk factor. PLoS Genetics, 8, ...

Numerous studies have explored the genetic relation between schizophrenia and its subclinical expressions, but the results have been inconsistent. A collaborative and interdisciplinary research ...

A joint research study conducted by the UAB and the UB has analyzed the relation between the genetic risk of having schizophrenia and mild subclinical traits in people of the general population.

A 33-year-old woman hears brutal and frightening voices daily but continues her college studies. A middle-aged man, who served in the Navy and has since struggled with substance ...

Consider joining the family support group of the National ... though bipolar disorder is more common than schizophrenia. Both conditions may be genetic, though environmental factors can also ...