Patterns of Nonrandom Mating Within and Across 11 Major Psychiatric Disorders
Author(s) -
Ashley E. Nordsletten,
Henrik Larsson,
James J. Crowley,
Catarina Almqvist,
Paul Lichtenstein,
David MataixCols
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.3192
Subject(s) - population , psychiatry , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , anxiety , autism , medicine , clinical psychology , mood , environmental health
Psychiatric disorders are heritable, polygenic traits, which often share risk alleles and for which nonrandom mating has been suggested. However, despite the potential etiological implications, the scale of nonrandom mating within and across major psychiatric conditions remains unclear.
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