Schizophrenia is a severe and complex psychiatric condition ranking among the top 15 leading causes of disability worldwide. Despite the well-established heritability component, a complex interplay between genetic and environmental risk factors plays a key role in the development of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in general. This chapter covers all the clinical evidence showing how the analysis of the epigenetic modulation in schizophrenia might be relevant to understand the pathogenesis of schizophrenia as well as potentially useful to develop new pharmacotherapies.
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Genet Epidemiol
January 2025
CERVO Brain Research Centre, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Genotype-phenotype association studies have advanced our understanding of complex traits but often overlook sex-specific genetic signals. The growing awareness of sex-specific influences on human traits and diseases necessitates tailored statistical methodologies to dissect these genetic intricacies. Rare genetic variants play a significant role in disease development, often exhibiting stronger per-allele effects than common variants.
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January 2025
School of Public Health, The Unversity of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation provides non-clinical social support for adults living with a diagnosed mental illness or self-reported mental ill-health (referred to as 'members'). The Stepping Stone Clubhouse in Brisbane, Australia was evaluated between August 2022 and August 2023 using a participatory action research approach. Data was sourced from member surveys, member interviews, and an existing Clubhouse Member Database.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry (UPK), University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland.
Perception integrates external sensory signals with internal predictions that reflect prior knowledge about the world. Previous research suggests that this integration is governed by slow alternations between an external mode, driven by sensory signals, and an internal mode, shaped by prior knowledge. Using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over experiment in healthy human participants, we investigated the effects of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist S-ketamine on the balance between external and internal modes.
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January 2025
Department of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
Schizophrenia is a severe and complex psychiatric condition ranking among the top 15 leading causes of disability worldwide. Despite the well-established heritability component, a complex interplay between genetic and environmental risk factors plays a key role in the development of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in general. This chapter covers all the clinical evidence showing how the analysis of the epigenetic modulation in schizophrenia might be relevant to understand the pathogenesis of schizophrenia as well as potentially useful to develop new pharmacotherapies.
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