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Symposium: Genetics role in mental illness key to better treatments

Posted: February 27, 2015 at 7:45 am

A better understanding of genetics role in mental illness will lead to better treatments, according to scientists who participated Thursday in the Massachusetts General Hospital Leadership Council for Psychiatrys ninth annual mental health symposium.

Scientists first identified genetic risk factors related to mental disorders about six years ago, said Dr. Jordan Smoller, director of the psychiatric and neurodevelopmental genetics unit in the hospitals Center for Human Genetics Research. Since then, nearly 200 genetic risk factors have been confirmed, Smoller said.

Genetic markers overlap in five disorders bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, Smoller said.

Were seeing some of these connections and the hope is (that) were going to be able to move towards a diagnostic system that is not simply based upon symptoms but on an understanding of the underlying mechanisms of mental illness, he said.

Another speaker, Dr. Sabine Wilhelm, chief of psychology, discussed body dysmorphic disorder.

About 2 percent of Americans have the condition, Wilhelm said. People with the disorder are preoccupied with a perceived flaw or flaws in their appearance. This intense focus on appearance is linked with an increased risk of depression and/or anxiety. People with the condition are 45 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population, she said.

High doses of serotonin reuptake inhibitors can help alleviate the disorder, though the medication takes at least six weeks to work, Wilheim said. That drug is often used in conjunction with cognitive behavior therapy designed to pull a patients focus away from the perceived flaw and to boost his or her self-esteem, she said.

Parents can help children avoid the disorder by communicating positive comments about their own bodies, Wilhelm said.

Dont make make major comments about wrinkles and scars, things like that, Wilhelm said. She urges parents to be careful how they talk to their kids about their looks.

It is important to compliment girls for their academic and athletic prowess, rather than focus on their physical beauty, she said.

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Advanced Warfare – "CHAMPION CAMO" DNA BOMB – New GOLD Animated Camo! (AW Champion Camo Gameplay) – Video

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Whats your DnA: Meet Bob – Video

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DNA: Arvind Kejriwal to meet PM Modi on Thursday – Video

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DNA: A look into AAP’s free Wi-Fi promise in Delhi – Video

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AW | Double DNA Bio Lab | free to use! – Video

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FAMILY DNA…DID MY HUSBAND HAVE A BABY WITH MY SISTER? – Extended Promo – Video

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DNA discovery: British people ate imported wheat 8,000 years ago

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DNA evidence suggests the hunter-gatherers of Britainwere importing wheat from their agrarian neighbors on mainland Europe as much as 8,000 years ago.

The discovery, publishedThursday in Science, could meanthere was more contact betweenearly farmers and hunter-gatherers in Europe than was previously thought.

According to the archaeological record,farming first started in Europe in the Balkans about 9,000 years ago and slowly moved west over the following millenniums, eventually coming to mainland Britain about 6,000 years ago.

But in the recent study, researchers studying ancient submergedsediment cores off the Isle of Wightfound evidence of wheat DNA in soils that date back 8,000 years ago.

So what is going on?

The research team, led by Robin Allabyof the University of Warwick,saythat whilethey found evidence of wheat DNA in the soil, they could not findany trace of wheat pollen. That leads them to conclude that while wheat was eaten on the site, it was not grown there.

"In the absence of direct evidence, we suspect that this wheat represents food stuffs imported from the continent," the authors write.

But there is a snag here too: The authors note that there is a 400-year gap between the age of the soil in which the wheat DNA was found and the earliest known presence of farming in nearby European sites.

In the paper, they propose that earlier agrarian sites may be submerged in southern Europe.

The researchers also reportthat there was much more wheat DNA found in the top half of the 8 cm soil sample than in the bottom half.

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Attorney: DNA untested in rape conviction

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WORCESTER -- A superior court judge will decide if a former Fitchburg man serving 32-41 years for two separate child rapes will be granted a new trial to challenge the DNA results used as evidence in his first conviction in 2006.

Roy Dumas, 58, handcuffed and dressed in standard prison garb, appeared Thursday before Superior Court Judge Richard T. Tucker with his attorney, Edward Gauthier, to request a new trial.

Gauthier argued that during Dumas' first trial in 2006, the forensic expert who testified that Dumas' DNA matched that found on the victim did not actually test the DNA sample used to convict him.

Gauthier also said the victim never did positively identify Dumas as her attacker because a bag was put over her head before the sexual assault.

He also said Dumas presented an alibi defense that he was seen by at least three witnesses in another part of the state during the time of the assault.

"The nail in the coffin was the DNA evidence. It was the strongest part of the case," said Gauthier.

Dumas, said Gauthier after the hearing, was denied the right to cross examine the technician who tested the sample of his DNA during the first trial.

That, said Gauthier, is the basis of his request for a new trial.

But Assistant District Attorney Donna-Marie Haran said that when the DNA expert, who did not test the sample but reported the results, was cross-examined by Dumas' defense attorney, the opportunity to call the DNA tester as a witness was waived.

Haran cited case law that waived the right for the defense to call the DNA tester.

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