title: Large Scale Genetic Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders in African Populations is Needed.
authors.affiliation: MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa ; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Shareefa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalvie
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa ; Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Nastassja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koen
authors.affiliation: Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA ; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA ; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Laramie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Dickens
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akena
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Moi University College of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya.
authors.forename: Lukoye
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Atwoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Bonginkosi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chiliza
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Kirsten A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Donald
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda ; MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kinyanda
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa ; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lochner
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Sumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mall
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
authors.forename: Noeline
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakasujja
authors.affiliation: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.affiliation: MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramesar
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Goodman
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sibeko
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teferra
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa ; Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Dan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: Stanley Center for Psychiatric Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA ; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA ; Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Karestan C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Koenen
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D036281:Genetic Research; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D011159:Population Surveillance
keywords: Africa; Genetics; Neuropsychiatry; Psychiatry