Subjects were 290 adults (men, 48%) aged 25 to 59 years. They consisted of 44 patients with SZ (men, 46%), 125 with MDD (56%), 56 with BPD (46%), and 65 healthy controls (HC) (28%) (Table 1). They were recruited through notices posted in the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) Hospital, website announcements, or advertisements in a local free paper