The genomic era and perceptions of psychotic disorders: Genetic risk estimation, associations with reproductive decisions and views about predictive testing

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 926-928

  Austin, Jehannine C ^a,b,c   Smith, Geoffrey N ^a   Honer, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Peace Arch Hospital   (Canada)

^c Centre for Complex Disorders   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Family history; Family members; Genetic counseling; Mental illness; Psychiatric disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICIZATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION STORAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELATIVE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE DECISION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUPPORT GROUP; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 33845380801     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30372     Document Type: Article

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