Copy number variants in the context of evolving psychogenomic understanding

SUMMARY There are well-established links between recurring copy number variants (CNVs) (ubiquitous structural variations within chromosomes) and many psychiatric diagnoses. This article considers potential advances that enhanced understanding of CNVs might offer psychiatry – a scientifically rigorous footing for the discipline and personalised prescribing based on genetic data that would benefit patients from pre-diagnosis to treatment.