Environmental factors, such as nutrition, play a key role in mental disorders. Testing your genes can determine if there is a genetic variation of a certain biological process and how to prevent, diagnose and treat the illness. The test analyses 30 genes. 

The biological areas linked to mental illnesses include:

• Lipid metabolism
• Inflammation
• Methylation
• Neurotrophic, dopaminergic & serotonergic pathways
• Endo-cannabinoid pathway
• Cell-signalling

It reports on assosiations in the following areas:

• Neurodegenerative disorders – mild cognitive decline & late onset Alzheimer’s disease
• Mood disorders – Depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder & post-traumatic stress disorder
• Addictive behaviour – Risk for alcohol, nicotine, cannabis & opioid dependence, psychosis response from cannabis use, eating disorders (binge eating), ‘adrenalinne seeking’/ risk-taking behaviour