Lundbeck Institute Psychiatry Award attributed to a Synapsy study
25 September 2014
The Lundbeck Institute awarded the Psychiatry Prize 2014 to Eva Choong and Prof. Chin B. Eap for their study on a gene that appears to be associated with overweight and obesity in psychiatric patients. The Prize will be delivered November 13 in Zürich on the occasion of a symposium organized by the Institute.
The study
The findings suggest that CRTC1 contributes to the genetics of human obesity in psychiatric patients and the general population. Identification of high-risk subjects could contribute to a better individualization of the pharmacological treatment in psychiatry.
Author : Gaëlle Rochat, EPFL
Related article, see our post article 5814 : “Gene appears associated with obesity in psychiatric patients”.
Reference:
Choong E, Quteineh L, Cardinaux JR, Gholam-Rezaee M, Vandenberghe F, Dobrinas M, Bondolfi G, Etter M, Holzer L, Magistretti P, von Gunten A, Preisig M, Vollenweider P, Beckmann JS, Pralong FP, Waeber G, Kutalik Z, Conus P, Bochud M, Eap CB; ODEX team;
Influence of CRTC1 polymorphisms on body mass index and fat mass in psychiatric patients and the general adult population.
JAMA Psychiatry 70(10):1011-9, Oct 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.187 >
