Table 2 |
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| Strength of evidence for biological factors supporting merging in some way schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar I disorder | |
| Biological factor | Strength of evidence |
| Genetics—family studies | Strongest |
| Genetics—twin studies | Moderate |
| Genetics—candidate gene/GWAS | Moderate |
| Brain—morphology | Moderate |
| Pharmacotherapeutics—lithium, divalproex, lamotrigine, antipsychotics | Weak |
GWAS, genome wide association studies.
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