Article
New ethical issues for genetic counseling in common mental disorders.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Sept 2013
Gershon Elliot S, Alliey-Rodriguez Ney
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recent genetic findings of high-impact genetic variants in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) must lead to profound changes in genetic and family counseling. The authors present risk calculations, discuss the ethical implications of these findings, and outline the changes now required in the risk counseling process. METHOD: The authors use data from recent mega-analyses...
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