A study shows that 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic variants and are grouped into five categories
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An unprecedented genetic analysisconducted on more than one million people revealed that numerous psychiatric disorders share common biological bases. The study, published by Nature, challenges the traditional idea that these conditions are independent of each other.
The researchers found that 14 disorders are grouped into five major genetic categories, opening a new perspective for diagnosis and treatment. According to the study, conditions that were considered completely different show a significant genetic overlap.
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Five genetic categories that explain multiple disorders
The team led by Andrew Grotzinger from University of Colorado Boulder observed that people with one diagnosis often receive others recurrently. This prompted an exploration of whether that coexistence had a shared biological origin.
By analyzing millions of genomic data points (among people with different disorders and healthy controls), they identified five major clusters:
