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How will information about the genetic risk of mental disorders impact on stigma?

The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2008

Spriggs Merle, Olsson Craig A, Hall Wayne

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OBJECTIVES: To suggest ways of testing hypotheses about the impact that information on genetic risk may have on the social stigma of mental disorders and to analyse the implications of these hypotheses for genetic screening for mental disorders. METHOD: Literature review and critical analysis and synthesis. RESULTS: An optimistic view is that information on the genetic risk for mental disorders will reduce blame...

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PMID: 18247196
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701827226

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