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Psychiatric Disorders in Clinical Genetics II: Individualizing Recurrence Risks
Author(s) -
Austin Jehannine C.,
Palmer Christina G. S.,
RosenSheidley Beth,
Veach Patricia McCarthy,
Gettig Elizabeth,
Peay Holly L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1007/s10897-007-9121-4
Subject(s) - genetic counseling , psychiatry , medicine , public health , psychiatric genetics , clinical practice , session (web analytics) , medical genetics , family medicine , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , nursing , genetics , world wide web , computer science , gene , biology
This is the second article of a two‐part professional development series on genetic counseling for personal and family histories of psychiatric disorders. It is based on an Educational Breakout Session presented by The Psychiatric Special Interest Group of the National Society of Genetic Counselors at the 2006 Annual Education Conference. While the first article in this two part series dealt with addressing family histories of psychiatric disorders in clinical practice, the following discussion deals with the generation and provision of individualized recurrence risks for psychiatric disorders, based on empiric risk data. We present four cases that illustrate important components of and process for generating individualized risk assessment for family histories of psychiatric disorders.