PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rizzo, Toni
ED  - Leahy, Laura G.
TI  - Using Pharmacogenetics and Advanced Neuroscience to Personalize Treatment of Psychiatric Illness
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 2--4
VI  - 14
IP  - 44
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/44/2.full
AB  - In any given year, 26.2% of individuals in the United States experience a diagnosable psychiatric illness. Approximately 6% of adults suffer from a seriously debilitating mental illness. Among adolescents aged 13 to 18 years, 46.3% experience symptoms of psychiatric illness, and 21.4% experience a severe disorder. This article discusses clinical tools for personalizing psycho-pharmacologic treatment, including psychopharmacogenetics, laboratory studies, review of systems, symptom evaluation, and observation.