Evaluating Genetic Counseling for Family Members of Individuals with Schizophrenia in the Molecular Age

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-99

  Costain, Gregory ^a,b   Esplen, Mary Jane ^c,d   Toner, Brenda ^a,b,c   Hodgkinson, Kathleen A ^e   Bassett, Anne S ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

copy number variation; genetic counseling; genetic predisposition to disease; genetics; schizophrenia; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA;

COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIGMA;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892651065     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs124     Document Type: Article

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