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Interplay between Schizophrenia Polygenic Risk Score and Childhood Adversity in First-Presentation Psychotic Disorder: A Pilot Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Trotta Antonella, Iyegbe Conrad, Di Forti Marta, Sham Pak C, Campbell Desmond D, Cherny Stacey S, Mondelli Valeria, Aitchison Katherine J, Murray Robin M, Vassos Evangelos, Fisher Helen L
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A history of childhood adversity is associated with psychotic disorder, with an increase in risk according to number or severity of exposures. However, it is not known why only some exposed individuals go on to develop psychosis. One possibility is pre-existing genetic vulnerability. Research on gene-environment interaction in psychosis has primarily focused on candidate genes, although the genetic effects are...
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