Despite mental illness affecting one out of every six adults, the underlying knowledge about most neuropsychiatric disorders remains unclear. For a long time now, scientists have been aware that genes influence mental illness. In 2013, the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium discovered that people with autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ‘frequently share certain [...]
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