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Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] Bort@hilariouschaos.com 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TLDR: So this is saying there are some genetic variants that cause cascading protein malformations in developing brains, which leads to a higher risk of developing certain psychiatric disorders, including autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia.

[–] kryptonidas 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It doesn’t sound super surprising that different malformations in the brain even though caused by the same underlying condition can result in very varied effects on behavior.

Good stuff though. (The research)