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The NIMH announced today that, "5 Most Common Mental Illnesses Share the Same Genes," as if this statement is evidence that "mental illnesses" are  "neurobiological" diseases and/or "chemical imbalances."  Of course, the geniuses at the MINH offered no definitive evidence this is the case...since there is none. The NIMH simply makes dramatic sounding statements in press releases without offering proof to substantiate their hyperbolic biomaniacal propaganda.  There has been no  disease pathology identified that is underlying or known to cause any mental illness in the DSM.  Why are we spending precious resources at the NIMH forging ahead on the misdirected focus of the NIMH: the discovery of the first ever disease target for psychopharmaceuticals?  The NIMH posted links to numerous press releases published by "news" agencies who did not "report" on the study's findings; these "news" organizations  simply passed along the NIMH press release---basically it's advertising.  The actual results of the study, need to be independently verified, and reported; more importantly, the results and the raw data should be readily available to the American people who funded the work. 

 NIMH Show the data. Show your work.

What really pisses me off though, is this study paid for by the American people, and the NIMH posts a link to the ABSTRACT from a Medical Journal published in the UK; even if it is one of the very best medical journals in the world, it's not what should be available to average folks. 

NIMH Show the data. Show your work. 

via the geniuses at NIMH who claim to be, "Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illness through research." It appears that what they are doing is desperately searching for evidence that will empirically validate the biological treatment first, foremost, for life psychopharmaceutical "medical treatment" paradigm. (while desperately seeking the disease the teratogenic drugs are supposedly treating, and causing patients numerous iatrogenic diseases, disabilities and early fatalities...)

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Science Update • February 28, 2013

5 Most Common Mental Illnesses Share the Same Genes

From Autism to Depression: Largest Genetic Study Shows Mental Disorders Share Genetic Kinks
--Associated Press

Mental Illnesses Share Common DNA Roots, Study Finds
--nbcnews.com

An NIMH-funded study published online today in Lancet reveals that the five most common disorders—autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disease, schizophrenia, and major depression—all share similar genetic components.

“These disorders that we thought of as quite different may not have such sharp boundaries,” said Dr. Jordan W. Smoller of Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the lead study authors.

The results suggest that a rethink in how these disorders are defined might be in order. Rather than focusing on symptoms, which can be attributed to one or more disorder, physicians could one day start to rely on specific gene mutations or biologic pathways to make a formal diagnosis.

And it also could lead to better treatments, said Dr. Bruce Cuthbert, director of the NIMH’s Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development. “We are finally starting to make inroads where we have actual physiological mechanisms that we can target,” he said. 
“We can really start to understand the biology instead of having to guess at it.”

Thank you for the honesty Dr. Cuthburt---it's rare to have a someone in biologically biased research acknowledge bio-psychiatry has only been "guessing" that psychiatric diagnoses are brain "diseases;" in newspeak, or "Translational Science" they are "neurobiological" diseases or disorders...


Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., director of NIMH's Division of Adult Translational Research explains the significance of the study findings for diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.

via PsychNews:

"These important findings indicate that fundamental alterations in brain development and biology can confer vulnerability to various types of mental disorders....," Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., president-elect of APA told Psychiatric News. " Overall, the study provides an important new clue about the etiology and pathogenesis of mental disorders." 


APA President Dilip Jeste, M.D., also commented: "Research of this type would help in the development of future diagnostic systems in psychiatry that are based on validated biomarkers...this important study is one step in that direction."

Behaviorism and Mental Health written by Phil Hickey, Ph.D., has posted a critique of this gene study Lancet Gene Study