Adriana Lori, Brad D Pearce, Seyma Katrinli, Sierra Carter, Charles F Gillespie, Bekh Bradley, Aliza P Wingo, Tanja Jovanovic, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Erica Duncan, Rebecca C Hinrichs, Alicia Smith, Kerry J Ressler
BACKGROUND: Mood disorders such as major depressive and bipolar disorders, along with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and other psychotic disorders, constitute serious mental illnesses (SMI) and often lead to inpatient psychiatric care for adults. Risk factors associated with increased hospitalization rate in SMI (H-SMI) are largely unknown but likely involve a combination of genetic, environmental, and socio-behavioral factors. We performed a genome-wide association study in an African American cohort to identify possible genes associated with hospitalization due to SMI (H-SMI)...
2024: Frontiers in Psychiatry