{"id":7320,"date":"2025-01-23T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:52:13","slug":"eight-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-genetic-causes-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/eight-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-genetic-causes-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share the Same Genetic Causes, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new genetic study, led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/hyejung-won-phd\/\">Hyejung Won, PhD<\/a>, associate professor in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\">Department of Genetics<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/\">UNC Neuroscience Center<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/patrick-sullivan-md-franzcp\/\">Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP<\/a>, the Yeargen Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, has successfully delineated the functional consequences of genetic variants into two groups. Their findings, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell\/abstract\/S0092-8674(24)01435-1\">were published<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>Cell<\/em>, suggest that pleiotropic variants may be optimal targets for treatment, due to their extended roles in development and sensitivity to change.<\/p>\n<p>Original full article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/2025\/01\/eight-psychiatric-disorders-share-the-same-genetic-causes-study-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new genetic study, led by\u00a0Hyejung Won, PhD, associate professor in the\u00a0Department of Genetics\u00a0and the\u00a0UNC Neuroscience Center, and\u00a0Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargen Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, has successfully delineated the functional consequences of genetic variants into two groups. 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