title: Methods: genetic epidemiology.
abstract: Given the potential benefits of gene identification in psychiatry, genetic epidemiology has become a mainstream discipline within the field. This article discusses the main tools for gene discovery. The focus is on the designs and analytic approaches for each of these methods. Because most gene discovery has now moved to genetic association studies, and most recently to genome-wide association studies, the focus is on methods for this design. Also highlighted are the current challenges of genetic epidemiology as a prelude to future approaches that may be applied to psychiatric disorders in the coming years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, W6033, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Benke
authors.forename: M Daniele
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fallin
mesh_terms: D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic