Predicting Schizophrenia Disorder
January 1, 2023
11:15 AM (UTC)
The search continues for risk indicators of schizophrenia. Presently, one of the more challenging issues we face is unbridled enthusiasm for Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and polygenic risk scores (PRS) without full consideration of their implications. Despite schizophrenia affecting all ethnicities and countries, GWAS are not typically based on ethnically diverse samples. As such, they may be much less informative (and therefore less powerful) than they might otherwise be.
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Dr. Diane Gooding
Researcher
Experienced Professor of Psychology with a demonstrated history of innovation, excellence, and collaboration in the higher education industry. Expertise in Research Design, Lecturing, Active Learning Engagement, Psychological Assessment, and Adult Psychopathology. Primary developer of the Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale (ACIPS), a measure of social/interpersonal pleasure and an indirect measure of social anhedonia.
Diane C. Gooding, Ph.D. 