Inherited Metabolic Diseases as a Multisystem Model of Mental Disorders Research

Abstract

Recent biological and genetic research data confirm shared pathological mechanisms of inherited metabolic diseases and mental disorders. We suggest that for further research a model of synergistic heterozygosity can become a convenient tool. In that case the use of inherited metabolic disorders as a multisystem research model can provide both significant theoretical and practical results. At the initial stage of this hypothesis evaluation, it seems efficient to screen for mental symptoms the families of patients with inherited metabolic disorders.