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17 June 2011- Psychiatric News

Brain, Gene Discoveries Drive New Concept of Mental Illness

 By MARC MORAN - A surprising finding from genomic research is that mental illnesses appear to be related to extremely rare but potent genetic mutations that are not associated with any specific disorder but with a variety of phenotypes categorized as mental illness.
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