title: [Nature meets nurture: the importance of epigenetics for the aetiology of psychiatric diseases].
abstract: A successful therapy requires an understanding and investigation of the aetiology of a disease. Psychiatric diseases represent a special challenge, because environmental factors may play a crucial role in their development as well as possible physiological and genetic causes. Therefore, epigenetics has established itself to be a branch of research that studies the effect of environmental factors on the development of psychiatric diseases, leading to promising new approaches for diagnosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover. buchholz.vanessa@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotsiari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bleich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frieling
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D019368:Nature; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology