Gerard Clarke explores a recent study which looks into the interplay of metabolome and gut microbiome in individuals with major depressive disorder.
[read the full story...]Does what you eat affect how you feel?
Daisy Crick summarises a recent paper on the casual relationship between polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression.
[read the full story...]New genes implicated in Alzheimer’s disease #LetsTalkMentalHealthII
Byron Creese writes a #LetsTalkMentalHealthII blog about a recent genome-wide meta-analysis which identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk.
[read the full story...]Higher body mass index is associated with a lower subjective wellbeing
Benjamin Janaway explores a recent mendelian randomisation study that looks at the causal effects between subjective wellbeing and cardiometabolic health.
[read the full story...]Risk factors and peripheral biomarkers for schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Marcus Munafo considers the findings of a systematic review of meta-analyses of observational studies, which looks at risk factors and peripheral biomarkers for psychotic disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum.
[read the full story...]Psychiatric genomics: an update and an agenda
Marcus Munafo comments on a review of the work of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, which in recent years has delivered an increasing flow of new knowledge about the fundamental basis of common psychiatric disorders.
[read the full story...]Early menarche associated with depressive symptoms in early adolescence
Emily Stapley summarises a Mendelian randomisation study that investigates associations between the timing of menarche with depressive symptoms and depression in adolescence.
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