Background: While dementia is more common in older people and suicide rates in many
countries are higher among the elderly, there is some doubt about the association between …

In evaluating the utility of human genome-wide assays, the answer will differ depending on
why the question is asked. For purposes of regulating medical tests, a restrictive sense of …

Understanding how genetic science is communicated to the lay public is of great import. To
address this issue, this study examines the presentation of genetic research relating to …

Objective: To examine the experience, comprehension and perceptions of learning of a
parent's BRCA mutation during adolescence and early adulthood, and explore the impact on …

Genetic testing for BRCA1/2 has psychosocial impacts including those related to views of
personal health, sense of self and identity and body image. The centrality of a person's self …

Most research on the effects of genetic testing is performed in individuals at increased risk
for a specific disease (presymptomatic subjects) but not in patients already affected by …

This study investigated cognitive representations and psychological effects of being 'at-
risk'for cancer. Perceived personal risk for cancer and causal attributions for cancer were …

This paper describes the development and psychometric properties of a new scale for
assessing the psychologic impact of genetic susceptibility testing for Alzheimer disease …

As world populations continue to age, the incidence of very common, ultimately fatal
neurodegenerative diseases (some of medicine's most puzzling illnesses) will increase …

PURPOSE: The aim was to prospectively explore experiences related to genetic testing for
malignant melanoma among unaffected previously untested members of melanoma-prone …