We know that the genes we're born with contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders during our lifetimes, and a new study shows there is significantly more biological overlap across these conditions than previously thought.
The international team of scientists behind the research believes that their findings can help improve how these conditions are diagnosed and treated: not just through symptoms and behavior, but also through shared genetic factors.
"Right now, we diagnose psychiatric disorders based on what we see in the room, and many people will be diagnosed with multiple disorders. That can be hard to treat and disheartening for patients," says neuroscientist Andrew Grotzinger, from the University of Colorado Boulder.
"This work provides the best evidence yet that there may be things that we are currently giving different names to that are actually driven by the same biological processes."
BIpolar disorder and schizophrenia are one of those shared genes diseases.
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