Suicide in frontotemporal dementia and Huntington disease: analysis of family-reported pedigree data and implications for genetic healthcare for asymptomatic relatives.

Adrienne SextonKirsty WestGulvir GillAllan WisemanJessica TaylorRebecca PurvisMichael Collingwood FaheyElsdon StoreyMaie WalshPaul James

Published in: Psychology & health (2020)

Health professional awareness of family experiences, including suicide of a relative, is vital in facilitating client decisions about genetic testing, and in providing adequate psychosocial support during the process of genetic testing and adaption to results.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
public health
health information
electronic health record
genome wide
gene expression
copy number
risk assessment
data analysis
social media