This is a very good article on this study. They are finding the genes that link autism, depresion, bipolar, ADHD, and schizophrenia and they are finding that they overlap as well. It's a big step in understanding what is happening to all of us on a physical level:
Shared Genes May Link ADHD, Autism and Depression - ADHD - MSN Healthy Living
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"This study, for the first time, shows that there are specific genetic variants that influence a range of childhood and adult-onset psychiatric disorders that we think of as clinically different," said lead researcher Dr. Jordan Smoller, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
"We also found that there was significant overlap in the genetic components of several disorders, especially schizophrenia with bipolar disorder and depression, and to a lesser extent autism with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder," he said.
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