Unresolved ethical issues of genetic counseling and testing in clinical psychiatry
This article draws attention to a set of unresolved ethical issues relevant for mental health professionals, professionals within clinical genetics, patients and their family members, and society as a whole and stresses the need for more interdisciplinary exchange to define standards in psychiatric counseling as well as in public communication. The use of PsyGCT may, in the future, expand and include genetic testing for additional psychiatric diagnoses. We advocate the development of pan-European ethical standards addressing the four identified areas of ethical-practical relevance in PsyGCT.
Authors
- Domenico Coviello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-865X)
- Filip Biały (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5093-9081)
- Boris Chaumette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-2788)
- Heidi Beate Bentzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-818X)
- Silke Schicktanz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9627-752X)
- David Crepaz‐Keay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3845-4721)
- Eline M. Bunnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-6222)
- Virginia Bizzarri
- Julia Perry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-0298)
- Maria Soller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9980-8971)
- Andrew McQuillin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-2240)
- Charlotta Ingvoldstad Malmgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-2453)
- Jaana Suvisaari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7167-0990)
- Isabella Borg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-3055)
- Melanie Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5140-4086)
- Franziska Degenhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1685-8904)
- Kristiina Tammimies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8324-4697)
- Signe Mežinska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-100X)
- Marcella Rietschel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-6149)
- Joanna Pawlak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-3707)
- Eliza Ivanova
- Katrine V. Wirgenes
- Sarah L. Wynn
Institutions
- Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PL)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Inserm (FR)
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- University of Malta (MT)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Mater Dei Hospital (MT)
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IT)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Mental Health Foundation (GB)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris (FR)
- University College London (GB)
- Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (BG)
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (PL)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Latvia (LV)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Genetics
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ypg.0000000000000385
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82