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Genetic screening for SSRI drug response among those with major depression: great promise and unseen perils.
Depression and anxiety - 1 Jan 2007
Rasmussen-Torvik Laura J, McAlpine Donna D
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This article examines evidence for the potential benefit of genetic testing for SSRI response, as well as potential ethical and practical implications of the implementation of this test into standard psychiatric practice. We reviewed three areas of the literature: the burden of treatment-resistant and treatment-intolerant major depressive disorders, the evidence for the value of genetic testing to predict drug...
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