Large Scale Genetic Research on Neuropsychiatric Disorders in African Populations is Needed

a MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa b Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa c Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa d Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA e Stanley Center for Psychiatric Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA f Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA g Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda h Department of Mental Health, School of Medicine, Moi University College of Health Sciences, Eldoret, Kenya i Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa j Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa k MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda l KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya m Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK n Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia o Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA p Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA