What is Genomind PGx Assay?
The Genomind PGx test is intended to provide genetic information to healthcare professionals which would inform their decision making in the selection of appropriate medications for individuals with mental illness and other brain disorders.
The Professional PGx is a biomarker panel of 24 clinically relevant genes that can be used to help guide treatment for patients with various mental health disorders.
This tool gives clinicians biological information on different neurological pathways and marries in how the body metabolizes medications through the P450 pathway. Information from this assay in addition to the patient’s symptoms, family, personal and medication history can help better fine tune the treatment plan for that individual patient.
The panel is diagnosis agnostic which means that regardless of what the patient’s diagnosis is, all genes on this panel can be used to make treatment decisions, therefore individualizing the treatment based on the patient not on an overall diagnosis.
In a nutshell, the Professional PGx is designed to help eliminate trial and error to help you get patients feeling better, faster.
Why Genetic Testing Is Important In Psychiatry
Psychiatry, unlike any other field of medicine, does not have biologically based diagnostic tools.
You can’t hear depression with a stethoscope or see it with an EKG.
Clinicians rely on a trial and error process for choosing psychiatric medications for their patients.
Many patients with psychiatric disorders experience adverse events, side effects and poor response to medications.
Psychiatric patients are also dimensional, not categorical which makes the standard DSM approach to treatment difficult to apply and have success.
A study conducted by general psychiatry biomed central showed that 40% of psychiatric cases are misdiagnosed.
Consultation
Once the test result is ready, you can book a 30 minutes consultation with a professional from the Testing company to explain the details of your results. This consultation is at no additional cost to the patient.
Benefits
When you have disturbing side effects from mental health medications. This test will give you an idea of which medications are less likely to give you those side effects.
This test will also give an array for medications that are more likely going to be effective based on your gene profile.
Take the Next Step Toward Better Mental Health
If you’re interested in how Gene Assay can support you, we encourage you to schedule a consultation.
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For Gene Assay in Birmingham, west-midlands contact us at Freesia Health.
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