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TITLE
Polygenic risk scores and help-seeking behaviour in young people with recent onset of mood and psychotic disorders.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES NlmCategory: OBJECTIVE
We examined associations between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for depression (PRS-MDD), psychosis (PRS-SCZ), bipolar disorders (PRS-BD) and neuroticism (PRS-NEU) and (i) help-seeking, and (ii) new onset cases of full-threshold mood or psychotic disorders in youth.
METHODS NlmCategory: METHODS
We examined associations between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for depression (PRS-MDD), psychosis (PRS-SCZ), bipolar disorders (PRS-BD) and neuroticism (PRS-NEU) and (i) help-seeking, and (ii) new onset cases of full-threshold mood or psychotic disorders in youth. Help-seeking for mental health problems was assessed by self-report and mood and psychotic disorders were identified using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. A principal component analysis of the four selected PRS identified two dimensions (BD-SCZ; MDD-NEU) that accounted for 69.9 % of the explained variance. We explored the associations between these PRS dimensions and help-seeking and diagnostic subgroup using analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA) adjusted for variables of influence (such as age, sex, twin status).
RESULTS NlmCategory: RESULTS
We examined associations between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for depression (PRS-MDD), psychosis (PRS-SCZ), bipolar disorders (PRS-BD) and neuroticism (PRS-NEU) and (i) help-seeking, and (ii) new onset cases of full-threshold mood or psychotic disorders in youth. Help-seeking for mental health problems was assessed by self-report and mood and psychotic disorders were identified using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. A principal component analysis of the four selected PRS identified two dimensions (BD-SCZ; MDD-NEU) that accounted for 69.9 % of the explained variance. We explored the associations between these PRS dimensions and help-seeking and diagnostic subgroup using analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA) adjusted for variables of influence (such as age, sex, twin status). Almost 30 % (409 of 1473) of study participants met CIDI criteria for ≥ 1 mood or psychotic disorder. Overall, 60 % (n = 245) of CIDI cases sought help, ranging from 35 % for psychosis to 77 % for mania. Furthermore, 143 help-seekers did not have a CIDI diagnosis of mood or psychotic disorders. The BD-SCZ dimension showed associations with help-seeking behaviour and diagnostic groups, but the MDD-NEU dimension only showed associations with help-seeking.
LIMITATIONS NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
We examined associations between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for depression (PRS-MDD), psychosis (PRS-SCZ), bipolar disorders (PRS-BD) and neuroticism (PRS-NEU) and (i) help-seeking, and (ii) new onset cases of full-threshold mood or psychotic disorders in youth. Help-seeking for mental health problems was assessed by self-report and mood and psychotic disorders were identified using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. A principal component analysis of the four selected PRS identified two dimensions (BD-SCZ; MDD-NEU) that accounted for 69.9 % of the explained variance. We explored the associations between these PRS dimensions and help-seeking and diagnostic subgroup using analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA) adjusted for variables of influence (such as age, sex, twin status). Almost 30 % (409 of 1473) of study participants met CIDI criteria for ≥ 1 mood or psychotic disorder. Overall, 60 % (n = 245) of CIDI cases sought help, ranging from 35 % for psychosis to 77 % for mania. Furthermore, 143 help-seekers did not have a CIDI diagnosis of mood or psychotic disorders. The BD-SCZ dimension showed associations with help-seeking behaviour and diagnostic groups, but the MDD-NEU dimension only showed associations with help-seeking. Some diagnoses could not be studied in detail (i.e., schizophreniform disorders) due to the small size of subgroups and planned analyses needed to be adjusted for the presence of twins and non-twin siblings.
CONCLUSIONS NlmCategory: CONCLUSIONS
We examined associations between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for depression (PRS-MDD), psychosis (PRS-SCZ), bipolar disorders (PRS-BD) and neuroticism (PRS-NEU) and (i) help-seeking, and (ii) new onset cases of full-threshold mood or psychotic disorders in youth. Help-seeking for mental health problems was assessed by self-report and mood and psychotic disorders were identified using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. A principal component analysis of the four selected PRS identified two dimensions (BD-SCZ; MDD-NEU) that accounted for 69.9 % of the explained variance. We explored the associations between these PRS dimensions and help-seeking and diagnostic subgroup using analyses of co-variance (ANCOVA) adjusted for variables of influence (such as age, sex, twin status). Almost 30 % (409 of 1473) of study participants met CIDI criteria for ≥ 1 mood or psychotic disorder. Overall, 60 % (n = 245) of CIDI cases sought help, ranging from 35 % for psychosis to 77 % for mania. Furthermore, 143 help-seekers did not have a CIDI diagnosis of mood or psychotic disorders. The BD-SCZ dimension showed associations with help-seeking behaviour and diagnostic groups, but the MDD-NEU dimension only showed associations with help-seeking. Some diagnoses could not be studied in detail (i.e., schizophreniform disorders) due to the small size of subgroups and planned analyses needed to be adjusted for the presence of twins and non-twin siblings. Signals of genetic liability are higher in young people who seek help from health services whether or not the problem they are seeking help for meets full-threshold diagnostic criteria for a major mental disorder.
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DATE PUBLISHED
2025 Mar 01
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2024/09/16
revised 2024/11/18
accepted 2024/11/21
medline 2025/01/14 00:20
pubmed 2024/12/01 15:22
entrez 2024/11/30 19:29
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Scott J Scott Jan J Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jan.scott@newcastle.ac.uk.
Crouse JJ Crouse Jacob J JJ Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia; Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Techonology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Mitchell BL Mitchell Brittany L BL Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia; Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Gillespie NA Gillespie Nathan A NA Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG Brain and Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Hickie IB Hickie Ian B IB Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 372
ISSUE:
TITLE: Journal of affective disorders
ISOABBREVIATION: J Affect Disord
YEAR: 2025
MONTH: Mar
DAY: 01
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1573-2517
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: J Affect Disord
COUNTRY: Netherlands
ISSNLINKING: 0165-0327
NLMUNIQUEID: 7906073
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
KEYWORD
Bipolar
Help seeking
Psychosis polygenic risk scores
Unipolar
Youth
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Humans
Male
Female
Psychotic Disorders psychology
Adolescent psychology
Multifactorial Inheritance genetics
Bipolar Disorder genetics
Young Adult genetics
Help-Seeking Behavior genetics
Neuroticism genetics
Mood Disorders genetics
Adult genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Patient Acceptance of Health Care statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors statistics & numerical data
Depressive Disorder, Major genetics
Genetic Risk Score genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's