Polygenic Risk Score Effect on Violent Behavior in Schizophrenia

© 2023 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law..

Previous studies aiming to establish a correlation between schizophrenia (SCZ) and aggressive behavior have resulted in contradictory results. Despite this, a certain degree of evidence suggests a potential underlying genetic component to aggression in SCZ. Polygenic risk score (PRS) analysis is a novel technique to estimate the combined effect of multiple genetic influences on aggression. Our objective was to investigate whether PRS could determine a proclivity toward aggressive behavior in patients with SCZ. Community-dwelling patients diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (n = 205) were recruited from a nonforensic outpatient sample. Participants were assessed for aggression using a cross-sectional and retrospective design, and PRS was calculated using genomic DNA and the Illumina Omni 2.5 array. We did not detect any associations between lifetime physical aggression (P = 32), verbal aggression (P = 24), or aggression against property (P = 24) and the PRS for SCZ risk. There may be several reasons to explain our null findings. We recommend that future interaction analyses of PRSs in SCZ that investigate violence focus on forensic psychiatric patients with higher base rates of violence and use participant interviews to assess aggression.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - 51(2023), 2 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 236-246

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adanty, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
De Luca, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Kolla, Nathan J [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Aggression/violence
Forensic sciences
Journal Article
Neuropsychiatry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.06.2023

Date Revised 15.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.29158/JAAPL.230007-23

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355021854