Category: Mental Health Conditions
Integrating Genomic Medicine into Mental Health Nursing – Part 4 (Single-Gene Conditions and Mental Health)
In a previous post, I asserted that there are no single genes that are strongly associated with conventional mental illnesses (depression, schizophrenia, etc). However, there are individual genes linked to familial forms of neurodegeneration that do warrant a mention. In this post, we look at these genes in addition to single gene disorders that tend …
Integrating Genomic Medicine into Mental Health Nursing – Part 3 (Chromosomal Disorders and Copy Number Variants)
In this third post in a series on Genomic Medicine in Mental Health Nursing, we will examine how chromosomal changes and gene copy number variation can result in syndromic presentations that have a strong mental health component to them. This may be important to acknowledge, as many individuals with chromosomal disorders or pathogenic copy number …
Integrating Genomic Medicine into Mental Health Nursing – Part 2 (Genomics, Epigenetics, and General Principles of Mental Illness)
In this second post in a series on Genomic Medicine in Mental Health Nursing, we will look at some overarching concepts that may help you look at the nature of mental illness in slightly different way. Defining Genomics. How does it differ from Genetics? The use of the term genomics has become more widespread …
Integrating Genomic Medicine into Mental Health Nursing – Part 1 (Introduction)
This post will be the first of many to examine how genetics and genomics can enhance the job that we do as mental health nurses – both now and in years to come. This first post discusses the need for genomics literacy in nursing practice and the initiatives that can enable this to occur. We …