Psychiatric disorders, like major depressive disorder, are influenced by multiple genes, revealing a notable genetic overlap with other conditions. This challenges our understanding of these disorders.

In this video with Dr. Jasmina Mallet highlights the latest research in psychiatric genetics, emphasizing the role of Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS) in psychiatry and their clinical applications.

Dr. Jasmina Mallet

AP-HP (Greater Paris University Hospitals), Hospital Louis Mourier, and Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, France.

Read our full article on Polygenic Risk Scores in clinical psychiatry

Published 14.11.2023
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