People with psychotic illness show similar brain changes to immediate family members who present no signs of illness, new research has shown.
The research also shows there is a link between the severity of changes to a circuit in the brain between the striatum and the prefrontal cortex and the severity of psychotic symptoms.
Close relatives of people with psychosis have increased genetic risk of developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia but research into these genetic markers could lead to treatments that lower this risk.
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