Inspired by the physiological functions of unc-51, we reanalyzed the common and rare variants of ULK4 in the databases of the International Schizophrenia Consortium (ISC) and among the bipolar Icelandic cases genotyped by deCODE Genetics, and we discovered that it may serve as a rare susceptibility gene for human mental disorders, especially schizophrenia (Lang et al., 2014). Here, ULK1 is linked to schizophrenia.