Completing the puzzle: The search for pieces in the understanding of psychosis risk in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

In this issue of Schizophrenia Research, Kates and colleagues provide an exemplary study examining the longitudinal trajectories of cortical thickness as a potential biomarker for later developing psychosis for younger individuals with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS). Although parallel efforts in first episode schizophrenia have produced such connections, Kates et al. provide some of the first data showing a linkage between brain architecture and later psychotic presentation in this well-known genetic condition using a longitudinal design.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Stephen R. Hooper, Vandana Shashi Source Type: research