Violent aggression predicted by multiple pre-adult environmental hits
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Violent aggression predicted by multiple pre-adult environmental hits. / Mitjans, Marina; Seidel, Jan; Begemann, Martin; Bockhop, Fabian; Moya-Higueras, Jorge; Bansal, Vikas; Wesolowski, Janina; Seelbach, Anna; Ibáñez, Manuel Ignacio; Kovacevic, Fatka; Duvar, Oguzhan; Fañanás, Lourdes; Wolf, Hannah-Ulrike; Ortet, Generós; Zwanzger, Peter; Klein, Verena; Lange, Ina; Tänzer, Andreas; Dudeck, Manuela; Penke, Lars; van Elst, Ludger Tebartz; Bittner, Robert A; Schmidmeier, Richard; Freese, Roland; Müller-Isberner, Rüdiger; Wiltfang, Jens; Bliesener, Thomas; Bonn, Stefan; Poustka, Luise; Müller, Jürgen L; Arias, Bárbara; Ehrenreich, Hannelore.
in: MOL PSYCHIATR, Jahrgang 24, Nr. 10, 10.2019, S. 1549-1564.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Violent aggression predicted by multiple pre-adult environmental hits
AU - Mitjans, Marina
AU - Seidel, Jan
AU - Begemann, Martin
AU - Bockhop, Fabian
AU - Moya-Higueras, Jorge
AU - Bansal, Vikas
AU - Wesolowski, Janina
AU - Seelbach, Anna
AU - Ibáñez, Manuel Ignacio
AU - Kovacevic, Fatka
AU - Duvar, Oguzhan
AU - Fañanás, Lourdes
AU - Wolf, Hannah-Ulrike
AU - Ortet, Generós
AU - Zwanzger, Peter
AU - Klein, Verena
AU - Lange, Ina
AU - Tänzer, Andreas
AU - Dudeck, Manuela
AU - Penke, Lars
AU - van Elst, Ludger Tebartz
AU - Bittner, Robert A
AU - Schmidmeier, Richard
AU - Freese, Roland
AU - Müller-Isberner, Rüdiger
AU - Wiltfang, Jens
AU - Bliesener, Thomas
AU - Bonn, Stefan
AU - Poustka, Luise
AU - Müller, Jürgen L
AU - Arias, Bárbara
AU - Ehrenreich, Hannelore
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Early exposure to negative environmental impact shapes individual behavior and potentially contributes to any mental disease. We reported previously that accumulated environmental risk markedly decreases age at schizophrenia onset. Follow-up of matched extreme group individuals (≤1 vs. ≥3 risks) unexpectedly revealed that high-risk subjects had >5 times greater probability of forensic hospitalization. In line with longstanding sociological theories, we hypothesized that risk accumulation before adulthood induces violent aggression and criminal conduct, independent of mental illness. We determined in 6 independent cohorts (4 schizophrenia and 2 general population samples) pre-adult risk exposure, comprising urbanicity, migration, physical and sexual abuse as primary, and cannabis or alcohol as secondary hits. All single hits by themselves were marginally associated with higher violent aggression. Most strikingly, however, their accumulation strongly predicted violent aggression (odds ratio 10.5). An epigenome-wide association scan to detect differential methylation of blood-derived DNA of selected extreme group individuals yielded overall negative results. Conversely, determination in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of histone-deacetylase1 mRNA as 'umbrella mediator' of epigenetic processes revealed an increase in the high-risk group, suggesting lasting epigenetic alterations. Together, we provide sound evidence of a disease-independent unfortunate relationship between well-defined pre-adult environmental hits and violent aggression, calling for more efficient prevention.
AB - Early exposure to negative environmental impact shapes individual behavior and potentially contributes to any mental disease. We reported previously that accumulated environmental risk markedly decreases age at schizophrenia onset. Follow-up of matched extreme group individuals (≤1 vs. ≥3 risks) unexpectedly revealed that high-risk subjects had >5 times greater probability of forensic hospitalization. In line with longstanding sociological theories, we hypothesized that risk accumulation before adulthood induces violent aggression and criminal conduct, independent of mental illness. We determined in 6 independent cohorts (4 schizophrenia and 2 general population samples) pre-adult risk exposure, comprising urbanicity, migration, physical and sexual abuse as primary, and cannabis or alcohol as secondary hits. All single hits by themselves were marginally associated with higher violent aggression. Most strikingly, however, their accumulation strongly predicted violent aggression (odds ratio 10.5). An epigenome-wide association scan to detect differential methylation of blood-derived DNA of selected extreme group individuals yielded overall negative results. Conversely, determination in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of histone-deacetylase1 mRNA as 'umbrella mediator' of epigenetic processes revealed an increase in the high-risk group, suggesting lasting epigenetic alterations. Together, we provide sound evidence of a disease-independent unfortunate relationship between well-defined pre-adult environmental hits and violent aggression, calling for more efficient prevention.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1038/s41380-018-0043-3
DO - 10.1038/s41380-018-0043-3
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 29795411
VL - 24
SP - 1549
EP - 1564
JO - MOL PSYCHIATR
JF - MOL PSYCHIATR
SN - 1359-4184
IS - 10
ER -