... is directly related to treatment and prevention; it is expected that early identification of vulnerability of psychiatric illnesses will allow early intervention and prevention strategies to be developed (Alsobrook and Pauls 1998). Pertaining to this case, researchers use genetic linkage studies in order to link and confirm all biological information onto patterns in psychopathological illness. Since the origin of psychiatric disorders ... chromosomes. Subsequent steps involve narrowing down the chromosomal region from tens and millions of base pairs to tens of thousands, and eventually...

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