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SSRI Pharmacogenomic Testing: CYP2D6, CYP2C19, Remission

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A 2026 methylome-wide association study by Shen et al. found 48 CpG methylation sites tied to the quadratic CYP2C19 metabolizer-status term in 18,396 Generation Scotland participants, with 19 sites showing non-linear patterns and targeted replication in 1,238 older adults.1 That supports CYP2C19 as real biology beneath SSRI pharmacogenomics, but it does not prove universal antidepressant …

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Striatal Dopamine Drops From Psychosis to Schizophrenia Remission

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The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is the field’s longest-running mechanistic story, and most of its supporting evidence has been cross-sectional. A 2026 longitudinal PET study by Schulz and colleagues followed the same 28 patients across psychosis and early remission.1 Research Highlights The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is the field’s longest-running mechanistic story. Cross-sectional 18F-DOPA PET …

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