RE: Is Depression/Annnxiety from the Bullshit You Experience or are You Prone to it?
November 21, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Also, this is for a specific personality disorder (sadly...mine), but ALL the class B ones seem to have this new information emerging, that they are more genetic than previously thought.
BPD article
Looking into anything regarding the Class B Personality disorders, and you'll see similar findings.
It used to be thought that only class A were very heritable, so these are all relatively new findings. But over 100 studies done all back each other up.
BPD article
Quote:Genetic Studies
There is substantial scientific evidence that BPD is highly heritable—a finding that suggests that brain abnormalities of this disorder are a consequence of genes involved in brain development (similar to what is known about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism).
A systematic review of the heritability of BPD examined 59 published studies that were categorized into 12 family studies, 18 twin studies, 24 association studies, and 5 gene-environment interaction studies.3 The authors concluded that BPD has a strong genetic component, although there also is evidence of gene-environment (G.E) interactions (ie, how nature and nurture influence each other).
The G.E interaction model appears to be consistent with the theory that expression of plasticity genes is modified by childhood experiences and environment, such as physical or sexual abuse. Some studies have found evidence of hypermethylation in BPD, which can exert epigenetic effects. Childhood abuse might, therefore, disrupt certain neuroplasticity genes, culminating in morphological, neurochemical, metabolic, and white-matter aberrations—leading to pathological behavioral patterns identified as BPD.
Looking into anything regarding the Class B Personality disorders, and you'll see similar findings.
It used to be thought that only class A were very heritable, so these are all relatively new findings. But over 100 studies done all back each other up.
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