November 2022: Leveraging Large-Scale Genetics of PTSD and Cardiovascular Disease to Demonstrate Robust Shared Risk and Improve Risk Prediction Accuracy

Dr. Antonia Seligowski (McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School) discusses how significant genetic correlations were identified between PTSD and cardiovascular disease as well as support for a causal link from PTSD to hypertension and coronary artery disease.  Afterwards, AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin discusses the rest of the November issue and what draws it together. Seligowski interview [00:50] Genome-wide association studies [02:24] The Mass General Brigham Biobank [03:05] What were the limitations of the study? [04:05] Are there current clinical implications? [05:04] How does depression fit in? [06:11] Are the links between PTSD and cardiovascular disease linked to associated comorbidities? [07:00] What's next for your research? [07:52] Kalin interview [08:51] Seligowski et al. [09:06] Leone et al. [10:57] Hindley et al. [13:50] Lewis and Vassos [17:37] Sigström et al. [18:13] Brownstein et al. [20:32] In summary [25:03] Transcript Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it. Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at [email protected]  

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