Concluding Summary

Excerpt

As discussed throughout this volume, our understanding of the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders has advanced tremendously. This understanding now needs to be translated into actionable biology to help patients. The chapters in this volume represent an earnest attempt to clarify just how much our understanding has progressed, and what might be necessary to complete the translation process. As we noted in Chapter 1, during the course of the Forum, four distinct groups captured the progress to date and discussed pathways forward for next steps, tackling a set of questions the groups posed of themselves and then set about to answer. Here we will recap the progress made toward answering these questions in the four groups, summarizing the principal conclusions. We will then close by considering some cross-cutting themes that link ideas across multiple groups.