Psychopathology and Schizophrenia and Other adult psychopathology

20 important questions on Psychopathology and Schizophrenia and Other adult psychopathology

What are predictors of schizophrenia?

Birth complications and attention problems in childhood

Life time risk schizophrenia first degree relatives

10%

Life time risk schizophrenia MZ twins

48%
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Findings adoption study Heston

When someone in your family has schizophrenia, the risk that another family member also develops it becomes 10 to 50 times larger than normal

Function gene component 4 (C4)

It is involved in synaptic pruning, leading to less neuron connections. This gene is import for schizophrenia

What was special about the genain identical quadruplet?

They all developed schizophrenia, but experiences big difference in the degree of disorder. It could be because of the way they were raised, gene expression of CNVs

Function FHIT gene

  • Related to depression
  • Circadian clock
  • Brain patterns and expression
  • Day time sleepiness

ACE for UPB and BPD

A = 0.65
E = 0.59
C = 0

Function CACNA1C risk variants

Involved in making calcium channels. Important for electrical signals and cell communication. It is influenced in uni- en bipolar disorder.

What is the heritablity for generalized anxiety disorder?

13.6%

Who have absolute risk factor for PTSD?

  1. Hospital doctors
  2. Caretakers of handicaps
  3. Police officers
  4. Military
  5. Fire brigade 

Who have a conditional risk factor for PTSD?

  1. Ambulance personel
  2. Military

Which genes are related to PTSD?

Dopamine, serotonine and cortisol functioning.

  • CAMKV gene
  • CRHR1 gene (HPA-axis)
  • TCF4 gene (schizophrenia) 

Which disorders overlap with PTST?

Schizophrenia and panic disorder

Function gene FKB5

It regulates the glucocorticoid receptor sensitivity and it is interacted with traumatic events

Methylation levels in the spindle and SKA2 gene predicts...

TSST cortisol response. Trauma leads to higher methylation. However, PTSD patients had lower methylation after the trauma's. Indication that methylation processes influence the ability to cope with trauma

Prediction TSST cortisol response

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Childhood trauma
  • SKA2 methylation

Somatization disorder leads to a increased risk for antisocial personality in..

Men

What often co-occurs with anorexia?

OCD

Correlation depression and anxiety

In depression patients: 67% current and 75% lifetime anxiety disorder diagnosis

In anxiety patients: 63% current and 81% lifetime depressive disorder diagnosis

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