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Mental, physical illnesses often go hand in hand. Genetic study explains why. Schizophrenia tended to pair with gastrointestinal problems; Bipolar disorder tended to pair with genitourinary disorders and sleep problems. Depression and anxiety tended to pair with cardiovascular disease.
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Shared Genetic Liability across Systems of Psychiatric and Physical Illness - Nature Communications

Using large-scale genetics and Genomic SEM/E-SEM, the study shows broad shared genetic risk between many physical illnesses and internalizing, neurodevelopmental, and substance-use disorders, revealing a transdiagnostic illness factor and cross-cutting di...

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Mental, physical illnesses often go hand in hand. Genetic…

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