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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia in Latino Populations. A Comparison of Direct Interview and Consensus Based Multi-Source Methods
(Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2009;197: 530–535, 2009-07)
We determined the rates of agreement between diagnoses, using
the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) and diagnoses arrived
at, using additional sources of information, to establish whether there are
differences ...
Genetic Structure Analysis of Three Hispanic Populations from Costa Rica, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States Using Y-Chromosome STR Markers and mtDNA Sequences
(Human Biology, October 2006, v. 78, no. 5, pp. 551–563., 2006)
Two hundred seventeen male subjects from Costa Rica, Mexico,
and the Hispanic population of the southwestern United States were
studied. Twelve Y-chromosome STRs and the HVSI sequence of the mtDNA
were analyzed to ...
Substance use disorder and schizophrenia: prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics in the Latin American population
Esquizofrenia y trastorno en el consumo de sustancias: prevalencia y características sociodemográficas en la población Latina
(Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2011;39(2):123-30, 2011)
El interés por comprender la co-morbilidad de la esquizofrenia
y el trastorno en el uso de sustancias, ha aumentado
debido al incremento de este diagnóstico, a los
efectos negativos observados en el sujeto y a los ...
Adjudicating Neurocognitive Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia
(American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 144B:242–249 (2007), 2007-03-05)
Although genetic influences on schizophrenia
are well established, localization of the genes
responsible for this illness has proven extremely
difficult. Given evidence that genes predisposing
to schizophrenia may be ...
Caracterización de un grupo de pacientes con esquizofrenia en el Valle Central de Costa Rica
(AMC, vol 50 (3), julio-setiembre 2008, 2008)
La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad crónica con importantes
repercusiones sociales que afecta al 1% de la población mundial. Se describe las características de la esquizofrenia en una muestra de pacientes del Valle Central ...
Neurocognitive endophenotypes for bipolar disorder identified in multiplex multigenerational families
(Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(2):168-177, 2010-02-01)
Context: Although genetic influences on bipolar disorder
are well established, localization of genes that predispose
to the illness has proven difficult. Given that genes
predisposing to bipolar disorder may be transmitted ...
Family-based association of an ANK3 haplotype with bipolar disorder in Latino populations
(Translational Psychiatry (2013) 3, e265, 2013-05-28)
Some of the most
consistent findings have been in variants located in the ANK3
(ankyrin-G) gene located on chromosome 10q. Schultz et al.4
found that BP risk alleles in ANK3, rs9804190 and
rs10994336, contributed ...
Shared Genetic Factors Influence Risk for Bipolar Disorder and Alcoholism
(2014-06)
Bipolar disorder and alcoholism have high rate comorbidity, with more than 50% of alcoholism
occurrence in bipolar disorder. While there is evidence that both disorders are heritable, it is unclear
if the same genetic ...
Genetic structure of personality factors and bipolar disorder in families segregating bipolar disorder
(Journal of Affective Disorders xxx (2011) xxx–xxx, 2011)
Bipolar disorder (BPD) has been associated with variations in personality dimensions,
but the nature of this relationship has been unclear. Inthis study, theheritabilities of BPDandtheBig
Five personality factors and the ...
Heritability of Age of Onset of Psychosis in Schizophrenia
(AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B, 2009-04)
Schizophrenia is a genetically complex illness with heterogeneous clinical presentation, including variable age ofonset. In this study, the heritability, or proportion of variation in age of onset of psychotic symptoms due ...