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Moldovan R, McGhee KA, Coviello D, Hamang A, Inglis A, Ingvoldstad Malmgren C, Johansson-Soller M, Laurino M, Meiser B, Murphy L, Paneque M, Papsuev O, Pawlak J, Rovira Moreno E, Serra-Juhe C, Shkedi-Rafid S, Laing N, Voelckel MA, Watson M, Austin JC. Psychiatric genetic counseling: A mapping exercise. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2019; 180:523-532. [PMID: 31222934 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Psychiatric genetic counseling (PGC) is gradually developing globally, with countries in various stages of development. In some, PGC is established as a service or as part of research projects while in others, it is just emerging as a concept. In this article, we describe the current global landscape of this genetic counseling specialty and this field's professional development. Drawing on information provided by expert representatives from 16 countries, we highlight the following: (a) current understanding of PGC; (b) availability of services for patients; (c) availability of training; (d) healthcare system disparities and cultural differences impacting practice; and (e) anticipated challenges going forward.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ramona Moldovan
- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.,Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.,Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
| | - Kevin A McGhee
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom
| | - Domenico Coviello
- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Research Institute and Children Hospital, Genova, Italy
| | - Anniken Hamang
- Department of Medical Genetics, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital
| | - Angela Inglis
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| | - Charlotta Ingvoldstad Malmgren
- Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines
| | - Bettina Meiser
- Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
| | - Lauren Murphy
- University of Texas Genetic Counseling Program, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Milena Paneque
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,CGPP - Centre for Predictive and Preventive Genetics, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - Oleg Papsuev
- Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
| | - Joanna Pawlak
- Department of Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
| | - Eulàlia Rovira Moreno
- Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.,Medicine Genetics, VHIR, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Hadassah Medical Center, The Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
| | - Nakita Laing
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
| | - Jehannine C Austin
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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