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Researchers reviewed records from 1,130 people with bipolar disorder seen at a mood-disorders center. They found that depressive episodes lasted much longer than manic episodes, and that episode length was similar across bipolar subtypes (BD-I, BD-II, mixed, or with psychosis). The authors say this pattern — more and longer depressions…
This paper reviews studies of genes and epigenetics in panic disorder. Family, twin, and adoption studies show panic disorder often runs in families. Researchers have found some candidate genes (for example NPY, ADORA2A, COMT, IKBKE), but panic disorder is not a single-gene disease. Large genome-wide studies did not find any…
