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Arturas Petronis, M.D., Ph.D.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
University of Toronto

Dr. Petronis has been thinking about the problem of causation in mental illness throughout his career in medicine. When NARSAD first funded his lab — and it has done so on three subsequent occasions — it enabled him to embark on a variation of a classic study. He wanted to look at sets of identical twins and examine the incidence of schizophrenia through a special conceptual lens, an approach called epigenetics. [more]

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	NARSAD Home » Top News Stories Healthy Minds Across America, Sunday, Sept. 14: 48 Public Forums on Progress, Challenges and Promise of Mental Health Research [more] NARSAD Scientist, Consortium, Find Rare Genetic Mutations to be a Factor in Schizophrenia Risk [more] SchizophreniaGene Database Identifies 500 Genes With Possible Links to the Disease [more] NARSAD Investigator Reports "Striking" Benefits of Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Depression [more] NARSAD Appoints Lou Innamorato as Acting President [more] Stress-Triggered Hunger Hormone May Curb Depression and Anxiety [more] » Featured Researcher Arturas Petronis, M.D., Ph.D. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Dr. Petronis has been thinking about the problem of causation in mental illness throughout his career in medicine. When NARSAD first funded his lab — and it has done so on three subsequent occasions — it enabled him to embark on a variation of a classic study. He wanted to look at sets of identical twins and examine the incidence of schizophrenia through a special conceptual lens, an approach called epigenetics. [more]	Quick Links >Schizophrenia >Depression >Bipolar Disorder >Anxiety >Childhood Disorders >Other Disorders Spotlight Due to inclement weather the "Chrissy's Wish" Memorial Golf Outing has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 9th. For more information, please email events@narsad.org. August 15, 2008 "Chrissy's Wish" Memorial Golf Outing for Mental Health Research Manorville, NY Order these new books on schizophrenia and help NARSAD: My Son's Name Was Fred by Gwill Newman, and I Think I Scared Her by Brooke Katz. Infoline Do you have questions about psychiatric diseases? NARSAD's Infoline can help. For more information, click here.
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