title: Summaries from the XVIII World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Athens, Greece, 3-7 October 2010.
abstract: The XVIIIth World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, sponsored by The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics took place in Athens, Greece on October 3-7, 2010. Approximately 950 participants gathered to discuss the latest findings in this rapidly advancing field. The following report was written by junior travel awardees, as well as others who were volunteers from student meeting attendees. Each was assigned sessions as rapporteurs. This report represents some of the areas covered in oral presentation during the conference, and reports on some of the notable major new findings described at this 2010 World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bergen
authors.forename: Yatan Pal Singh
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Balhara
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christoforou
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Degenhardt
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dempster
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fatjó-Vilas
authors.forename: Yara
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khedr
authors.forename: Lorna M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lysenko
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Mühleisen
authors.forename: Fernando S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nymberg
authors.forename: Uzoezi
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozomaro
authors.forename: Karin J H
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Verweij
authors.forename: Aristotle N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Voineskos
authors.forename: Clement C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Zai
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.forename: Lynn E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: DeLisi
mesh_terms: D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans