ArticleMolecular psychiatry2020
A major role for common genetic variation in anxiety disorders.
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26 authors at 10 institutions in 5 countries.
Kirstin L PurvesKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8110-5554
Jonathan R I ColemanKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-0944
Sandra M MeierChild and Adolescent Mental Health Centre-Mental Health Services Capital Region, Copenhagen Region, Denmark.
Christopher RaynerKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2950-343X
Katrina A S DavisNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK.
Rosa CheesmanKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-0402
Marie Bækvad-HansenThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.
Anders D BørglumThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8627-7219
Shing Wan ChoKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.
J Jürgen DeckertDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Héléna A GasparKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-2707
Jonas Bybjerg-GrauholmThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-4008
John M HettemaDepartment of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Matthew HotopfNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK.
David HougaardThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-3517
Christopher HübelKing's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1267-8287
Carol KanKing's College London; Psychological Medicine; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2511-0682
Andrew M McIntoshDivision of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0198-4588
Ole MorsPsychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
Preben Bo MortensenThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.
Merete NordentoftThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.
Thomas WergeThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.
Kristin K NicodemusCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6165-6471
Manuel MattheisenThe Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, iPSYCH, Denmark.
Gerome Breen *King's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK. gerome.breen@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-1792
Thalia C Eley *King's College London; Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK. thalia.eley@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-0700
King's College London · GBAarhus University · DKStatens Serum Institut · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKMental Health Services · DKUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity of Edinburgh · GBVirginia Commonwealth University · USWestern General Hospital · GB
Funding
5/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Finding actionable variationU01MH109514 · NIMH · CARDIFF UNIVERSITY · PI O'DONOVAN, MICHAEL · 2016 to 2020
$2.9MGenome-wide association studies of anxiety spectrum phenotypes: Furthering the PGC Anxiety Disorders Working GroupR01MH113665 · NIMH · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN M HETTEMA · 2017 to 2026
$2.6MDepartment of HealthMedical Research Council MR/M021475/1NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113665NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH109514
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are common, complex psychiatric disorders with twin heritabilities of 30-60%. We conducted a genome-wide association study of Lifetime Anxiety Disorder (n
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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyAnxiety DisordersGenetic VariationHumansNeuroticismPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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