Genetics and genetic counseling in psychiatry : Results from an opinion survey of professionals and users
Martorell, Lourdes (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Sanfeliu, Annabel (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Hospital Universitari Institut Pere Mata)
Blázquez, Ana (Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona)
Lojo, Elia (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Hospital Universitari Institut Pere Mata)
Cortés, María José (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
de Pablo, Joan (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol)
Vilella, Elisabet (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Data:	2019
Resum:	Background: The heritability of several psychiatric disorders is high, and specific at-risk variants have been identified. Therefore, genetic counseling and genetic testing can be prescribed to some psychiatric patients, but these services are not standardized for most of the population. The aims of the study were to gather opinions from mental health professionals and users regarding (a) the genetics of psychiatric disorders and (b) the usefulness of a genetic counseling unit in psychiatry. Methods: The survey was conducted in the province of Tarragona (Spain), and we analyzed 152 valid questionnaires from professionals and 959 from users. Results: Sixty-one percent of professionals strongly believed that psychiatric disorders have a genetic basis, and 59% rated a genetic counseling unit in psychiatry as very or extremely useful. However, only a few professionals reported that patients asked them about the genetics of their diseases (12%) or the possibility of transmitting the disease to offspring (19%). Forty-seven percent of users strongly believed that psychiatric disorders have a genetic basis, 30% responded that they talked with their families about the genetics of their diseases, and 43% were worried about transmitting the disease to offspring; however, only 14% reported that their psychiatrist had talked to them about this topic. Remarkably, 80% of users would consider a genetic counseling unit very or extremely useful. Conclusions: The present study showed that mental health professionals were more aware of the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders than users, and both considered the implementation of a genetic counseling service very useful.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Genetic counseling ; Genetics ; Patients ; Professionals ; Psychiatry
Publicat a:	Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, Vol. 7 Núm. 8 (2019) , p. e830, ISSN 2324-9269

DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.830
PMID: 31254460

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