Genome-wide Association Study of Dimensional Psychopathology Using Electronic Health Records.

Biological Psychiatry
Thomas H McCoyRoy H Perlis

Abstract

Genetic studies of neuropsychiatric disease strongly suggest an overlap in liability. There are growing efforts to characterize these diseases dimensionally rather than categorically, but the extent to which such dimensional models correspond to biology is unknown. We applied a newly developed natural language processing method to extract five symptom dimensions based on the National Institute of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria definitions from narrative hospital discharge notes in a large biobank. We conducted a genome-wide association study to examine whether common variants were associated with each of these dimensions as quantitative traits. Among 4687 individuals, loci in three of five domains exceeded a genome-wide threshold for statistical significance. These included a locus spanning the neocortical development genes RFPL3 and RFPL3S for arousal (p = 2.29 × 10-8) and one spanning the FPR3 gene for cognition (p = 3.22 × 10-8). Natural language processing identifies dimensional phenotypes that may facilitate the discovery of common genetic variation that is relevant to psychopathology.

Citations

Dec 21, 2019·Alzheimer's & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association·Thomas H McCoyRoy H Perlis
Oct 24, 2018·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen, Janna Hastings
Jul 9, 2020·Molecular Psychiatry·Stephen J HaggartyRoy H Perlis
Jul 3, 2021·Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry·Kamber L HartThomas H McCoy

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