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Blue Genes? Understanding and Mitigating Negative Consequences of Personalized Information about Genetic Risk for Depression.

Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Feb 2018

Lebowitz Matthew S, Ahn Woo-Kyoung

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Personalized genetic testing for vulnerability to mental disorders is expected to become increasingly common. It is therefore important to understand whether learning about one's genetic risk for a mental disorder has negative clinical implications, and if so, how these might be counteracted. Among participants with depressive symptoms, we administered a sham biochemical test purportedly revealing participants'...

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PMID: 28785835
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-017-0140-5
PMCID: PMC5796841

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