Open AccessGenetics in psychiatry
Author(s) -
Shreekantiah Umesh,
S. Haque Nizamie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-6866
pISSN - 1998-362X
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6866.142845
Subject(s) - psychiatric genetics , medical genetics , psychiatry , human genetics , statistical genetics , psychology , medicine , genetics , biology , genomics , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , genome , gene
Today, psychiatrists are focusing on genetics aspects of various psychiatric disorders not only for a future classification of psychiatric disorders but also a notion that genetics would aid in the development of new medications to treat these disabling illnesses. This review therefore emphasizes on the basics of genetics in psychiatry as well as focuses on the emerging picture of genetics in psychiatry and their future implications.