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Items Tagged with 'genetics_and_psychiatry'

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Genetic Testing in Depression

September 10, 2021
Thomas Jordan, MD.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Thomas Jordan, MD. Dr. Jordan has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Randomized controlled trials have not been kind to commercial pharmacogenetic panels, but will Genecept’s fate be any different?
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Genetic Testing: What You Need to Know in 2021

June 29, 2021
John Nurnberger, MD, PhD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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John Nurnberger, MD, PhDJohn Nurnberger, MD, PhD

Vice Chair for Preclinical Research, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Nurnberger has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Is genetic testing ready for clinical practice? It depends on which test we’re talking about. In this interview John Nurnberger details the tests to pay attention to on a genetic panel and describes how to use whole exome sequencing (WES) to identify genetic causes of autism and intellectual disability.
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Pharmacogenetic Testing: An Update

March 1, 2017
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Publisher The Carlat Psychiatry Report Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Given how many essentially equivalent medications we have to choose from, how great would it be to have a test that tells us which drug to prescribe for which patient? Everybody wants personalized medicine, and in some other specialties, such as oncology, this is becoming a standard part of treatment. In this article, we’ll review some of the basics of pharmacogenetic testing and examine in more detail the commercial genetic tests that are currently available.
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Understanding Pharmacogenetics Research

March 1, 2017
Rudolf Uher, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Rudolf Uher, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University School of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia Dr. Uher has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
The basic goal of this kind of research is to try to find an association between a genetic variant and the clinical response to a particular medication. Given that there are dozens of medications to choose from for any given disorder, it would be very helpful if we could do a genetic test that would tell us which drug is the best for a particular patient.
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Live Chat: What should you know about psychiatric genetic testing?

October 5, 2015
Background:Recently, The Boston Globe ran an article that picked up on The Carlat Psychiatry Report's recent coverage of the GeneSight test. It's a promising technology, but the marketing has leap-frogged ahead of the science. Web Chat Panel: Daniel Carlat, MD, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report  Beth Daley, Investigative Reporter and Author...
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Transcribed Web Chat: What should you know about psychiatric genetic testing?

October 3, 2015
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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In October, 2015, The Boston Globe ran an article that picked up on The Carlat Psychiatry Report's coverage of the GeneSight test. It's a promising technology, but the marketing has leap-frogged ahead of the science.
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Using Psychiatric Biomarkers in your Practice

May 1, 2015
Steve Balt, MD, MS
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Steve Balt, MD, MS Board Member, The Carlat Report. In private practice in the San Francisco Bay area. Dr. Balt discloses that his spouse is employed as a sales representative for Otsuka America.
Choosing the “right” treatment for a given patient involves a large number of factors, including personal preference—both the clinician’s and the patient’s. Is there a better way?
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The GeneSight Genetic Test: A Review of the Evidence

May 1, 2015
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, The Carlat Report. Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.
Assurex Health recently sent me an email inviting me to dine at Legal Seafood to learn about “Clinical Applications of Psychiatric Pharmacogenetics.” I didn’t go, but increasingly I am hearing from colleagues about their experiences at these dinner programs: “What do you think about this GeneSight test? The data looked pretty impressive at this dinner.”
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How to Evaluate the Methodology of Biomarker Studies

May 1, 2015
James Coyne, PhD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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James Coyne, PhD Clinical health psychologist, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Professor of Health Psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Dr. Coyne has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interest in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
Get advice on how to evaluate the methodology of biomarker studies in an interview with James Coyne, PhD, clinical health psychologist, professor emeritus of in the psychiatry with University of Pennsylvania and professor of health psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Pharmacogenetic Testing in Clinical Psychiatry

October 1, 2014
Robert H. Howland, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Robert H. Howland, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Howland has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commerical companies pertaining to this educational activity.
In psychiatry, personalization is largely based on “pharmacogenetics,” the selection of medications based on genetic factors associated with drug response and tolerability. Could your patient’s genetic code predict which medications you prescribe?
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