Depressed patients with earlier and more severe symptoms have high genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study. The study found that patients with an early age at onset and higher symptom severity have an increased genetic risk for MDD, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.