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Psychiatric Disorders in Clinical Genetics II: Individualizing Recurrence Risks

Authors: Jehannine C. Austin, Christina G. S. Palmer, Beth Rosen-Sheidley, Patricia McCarthy Veach, Elizabeth Gettig, Holly L. Peay

Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling | Issue 1/2008

Abstract

This is the second article of a two-part professional development series on genetic counseling for personal and family histories of psychiatric disorders. It is based on an Educational Breakout Session presented by The Psychiatric Special Interest Group of the National Society of Genetic Counselors at the 2006 Annual Education Conference. While the first article in this two part series dealt with addressing family histories of psychiatric disorders in clinical practice, the following discussion deals with the generation and provision of individualized recurrence risks for psychiatric disorders, based on empiric risk data. We present four cases that illustrate important components of and process for generating individualized risk assessment for family histories of psychiatric disorders.

In this paper, we chose to use the geneclinics definition of recurrence risk: The likelihood that a trait or disorder present in one family member will occur again in other family members in the same or subsequent generations.

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Title: Psychiatric Disorders in Clinical Genetics II: Individualizing Recurrence Risks
Authors: Jehannine C. Austin
Christina G. S. Palmer
Beth Rosen-Sheidley
Patricia McCarthy Veach
Elizabeth Gettig
Holly L. Peay
Publication date: 01-02-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Genetic Counseling / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 1059-7700
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3599
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-007-9121-4

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