Tag: DNA
Psychiatric Drugs and Violence: What Can Genetics Tell Us? A Conversation...
Brooke Siem speaks with Selma Eikelenboom, together they explore what questions her research raises about the relationship between psychoactive drugs, genetic variation, and violence.
Genetic Tests Marketed to Psychiatrists Not Supported by Research
With the explosion of genetic testing and the emerging field of pharmacogenetics, patients can now take a DNA test and receive psychiatric drug recommendations customized to fit their genetic makeup. In an editorial for the latest issue of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Columbia University Psychiatrist Robert Klitzman warns that clinicians need to be aware of the limitations of these genetic tests being marketed to them.
