Healio (12/20, Demko) reports, “Analysis of a large general population-based sample of Swedish twins” demonstrated that “genetic risk factors for psychiatric disorders – including autism,” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, “tic disorders, intellectual disability, anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder – were associated with milder traits of these disorders.” Investigators arrived at that conclusion after analyzing “genetic data from 13,412 people and phenotype data from 13,923 twin pairs at age nine years, 5,165 pairs at age 15 years and 4,273 pairs at age 18 years.” The findings were published online Dec. 19 in JAMA Psychiatry.
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— “Psychiatric disorders show genetic correlations with related traits, “Savannah Demko, Healio, December 20, 2018.