Psychiatric Genetics

Question 1

What are some statistics around how common mental illness is?

Answer 1

1 in 4 in the US will have a mental illness
25% of women will experience an episode of depression
18% of people have an anxiety disorder
3% of people experience psychosis

Question 2

What are unknown about the genetic factors related to mental illness?

Answer 2

what all the vulnerability factors are
how to interpret their clinical importance
biological mechanism of increased vulnerability