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Chunk #32 — DISCUSSION — Interpretation of findings

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A multivariate approach to understanding the genetic overlap between externalizing phenotypes and substance use disorders.
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risk for addiction, but rather risk shared with other forms of psychopathological distress. This may also reflect differences in ascertainment such that participants in the SUD GWAS were drawn from clinical populations and therefore likely have a higher rate of psychopathology, whereas many externalizing traits were drawn from GWAS of the general population. Similar results emerged for the genetic correlations of the factors representing behavioural disinhibition and substance use.