Mental illness may be linked with the acquired genetic alterations

Loneliness, anxiety, aggression, insomnia or inattention... all these are signals of the risk of mental illness. To better diagnose these symptoms, the French National Health and Medical Research Institute researchers studied biological changes associated with mental illness symptoms and the study is published in the medical journal Molecular Psychiatry.

According to the French health magazine "TOPSANTE" reported in France, Professor of Psychiatry Kele Bo (Marie-Odile Krebs), led by researchers for 39 with mental illness risk volunteers were studied, these people are in the age 15-25 between years. The researchers looked at their DNA methylation in 400,000 locations and compare the history of mental illness in people with and without history of mental illness who methylation situation. The results showed that people who have a history of mental illness acquired genetic changes, in particular the body's genes controlled oxidation reaction and inflammation stress.

French National Health and Medical Research Institute said the study so that people can better understand the relationship between biological changes and mental illness. Produce mental illness may be related to oxidative stress and inflammation, since the two reactions will break the fragile balance is caused by genetic, environmental and neurological development.

In addition, the study also makes it possible for people to detect mental illness through the blood in advance, thus allowing the patients to be treated before the situation worsens.

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