Genetic influences on psychiatric disorders transcend diagnostic boundaries, suggesting
substantial pleiotropy of contributing loci. However, the nature and mechanisms of these …

Context Most societies believe that a mother's psychological state can influence her unborn
baby. Severe adverse life events during pregnancy have been consistently associated with …

An epidemiologic study of the autoimmune diseases taken together has not been done
heretofore. The National Patient Register of Denmark is used to estimate the population …

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies suggest that familial autoimmunity plays a part in the
pathogenesis of ASDs. In this study we investigated the association between family history of …

Background The risk of epilepsy shortly after traumatic brain injury is high, but how long this
high risk lasts is unknown. We aimed to assess the risk of epilepsy up to 10 years or longer …

Eaton WW, Pedersen MG, Nielsen PR, Mortensen PB. Autoimmune diseases, bipolar disorder,
and non‐affective psychosis. Bipolar Disord 2010: 12: 638–646. © 2010 The Authors. …

Context Studies linking birth weight and mental illness onset are inconclusive. They have
primarily focused on the World Health Organization low birth weight threshold (2500 g) and …

Context Two studies based on clinical samples have found an association between Toxoplasma
gondii infection and history of suicide attempt. To our knowledge, these findings have …

PURPOSE: To estimate the occurrence of epilepsy in Denmark between 1977 and 2002,
taking gender, age, and secular trends into consideration. METHODS: We used the Danish …

Objective Previous research has found an increased risk of schizophrenia in individuals
with autoimmune diseases and smaller but significant associations with a family history of …