5.15.26 Ask the Experts, "The Role of Pharmacogenetics (PGx) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Primer for Pediatrics", by Lisa B. Namerow, MD, DFAACAP

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This episode discusses the role of pharmacogenetics in child and adolescent psychiatry, focusing on actionable genes and medication selection.

Event Objectives: Identify actionable genes within a pharmacogenetic panel.Understand the risk of using pharmacogenetics as the primary driver in the selection of medications for psychiatric treatment.List resources that provide evidence regarding relevant gene-medication pairs and be introduced to a tool, sequence2script, that can help inform providers of the most up-to-date guidelines regarding individualized genetic findings and actionability.Describe a rational clinical approach to integr...

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Guest: Lisa B. Namerow, MD, DFAACAP

Topics covered

• pharmacogenetics
• child psychiatry
• adolescent psychiatry
• medication selection
• genetic findings
• clinical approach

Keywords

• pharmacogenetics
• psychiatry
• medication
• genes
• clinical guidelines
• sequence2script
• gene-medication pairs

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Organizations: Connecticut Children's

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