Psychiatric genetics: A survey of psychiatrists' knowledge, opinions, and practice patterns

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 821-830

  Finn, Christine T ^a,e   Wilcox, Marsha A ^b   Korf, Bruce R ^c   Blacker, Deborah ^a   Racette, Stephanie R ^a   Sklar, Pamela ^a,d   Smoller, Jordan W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 22744447679     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v66n0703     Document Type: Review

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