Applications and limitations of empiric data in provision of recurrence risks for schizophrenia: A practical review for healthcare professionals providing clinical psychiatric genetics consultations

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-187

  Austin, Jehannine C ^a,b   Peay, H L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Peace Arch Hospital   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empiric risk assessment; Family history; Genetic counseling; Mental illness; Relatives

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL GENETICS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33747148076     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00658.x     Document Type: Review

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