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Rileigh Norman

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Research Paper Sources

I. Source: “Genetic Testing for Psychiatric Illness on the Horizon.” Brown University
Psychopharmacology Update, vol. 19, no. 4, Apr. 2008, pp. 1–6. EBSCOhost,
libezp.lib.lsu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h
&AN=31381138&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=eds-main.
a. Summary This article talks about how genetic testing is starting to be applied
for developing the correct treatment for mental illnesses in the US. Furthermore, it
explains in detail many companies who are advocating to physicians for this
genetic testing to be used in their offices. Specifically, they are advocating for a
test that determines bipolar disorder, while also focusing on the generalized
benefits of the test. Finally, it emphasizes that these tests can help a physician
determine the correct treatment plan, whether it is medicine or therapy, based on
their gene pool that they examine.
b. Credibility My article is an academic journal from The Brown University,
which is an ivy league school in the United States. What makes my article
credible is this article was peer reviewed by Lawrence H. Price, M.D. He is a
doctor, but also a researcher at Brown.
c. Highlighted passages
i. Does it support or contradict your LOI?
1. This article supports my LOI because it emphasizes the question I
am researching by providing evidence that physicians are starting
to become open minded about genetic testing. Furthermore, in this
article doctors are genetically testing a patient before diagnosis of
bipolar disorder, so they will have every piece of information in
order to give her the correct treatment. Also, this is evidence of
people recognizing that not every medicine or treatment will work
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with every type of person. Everyone is genetically different;

therefore, further investigation is necessary before giving a
prognosis. There are examples that support my LOI when they
mention that without testing, a doctor could be prescribing a
treatment that makes symptoms or illness worse because they do
not have the whole picture in front of them.
ii. Further investigation that might be worth investigating?
1. At the end of the article, it talks about how doctors should be
educated on these specific genetics and how certain treatments or
medications could react with them. I think this subject of further
education on genetics for doctors in every field would be
interesting and beneficial to research for some of my paper.
2. Maybe could add to the research of why don’t doctors do this
testing? Because they are not educated or aware.