{"id":234328,"date":"2026-03-31T06:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/study-of-6-million-people-could-rewrite-how-we-understand-mental-health"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:03:38","slug":"study-of-6-million-people-could-rewrite-how-we-understand-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/study-of-6-million-people-could-rewrite-how-we-understand-mental-health","title":{"rendered":"Study of 6 Million People Could Rewrite How We Understand Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/study-of-6-million-people-could-rewrite-how-we-understand-mental-health.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the article:<\/p>\n<p>The study also identified specific brain cell types associated with the genetic patterns.<\/p>\n<p>For the schizophrenia bipolar group, the strongest genetic signals appeared in genes active in excitatory neurons. These neurons transmit signals that activate other brain cells and help different parts of the brain communicate.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, genetic risk tied to internalizing disorders such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD showed stronger links to oligodendrocytes. These cells help nerve signals travel more efficiently through the brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings suggest these \u2018support cells\u2019 might play an important role in those conditions,\u201d said Verhulst, research assistant professor and an expert in quantitative and statistical genetics.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>A massive genetic analysis of more than 6 million people is revealing new clues about why mental health disorders frequently overlap.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/study-of-6-million-people-could-rewrite-how-we-understand-mental-health\">Continue reading \u201cStudy of 6 Million People Could Rewrite How We Understand Mental Health\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the article: The study also identified specific brain cell types associated with the genetic patterns. For the schizophrenia bipolar group, the strongest genetic signals appeared in genes active in excitatory neurons. These neurons transmit signals that activate other brain cells and help different parts of the brain communicate. In contrast, genetic risk tied to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}