Genetic testing and psychological distress, importance of referring to genetic counselor/psychologist
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS: EPIDEMIOLOGY CLASS
***Assignment: This assignment is based on the discussion on maria’s case study (See uploaded document of this assignment previously done).
- Briefly--Start discussing about how genetic factors play an important role in cardiovascular disease (Besides environmental factors).
- Discuss how genetic testing is good for early diagnosis and prevention, how it helps health care providers to identify disease risk and effectively plan interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality, see this paragraph below with the reference (This is the only good thing we need from this article, don’t bother to read article)
“For precision medicine strategies to improve population health, targeted approaches must be considered, not only for disease treatment, but also for early diagnosis and prevention.1 Thus, an important component of precision medicine is the identification of people through genetic testing who are at high risk of disease because of pathogenic germline mutations. Once such people are identified, providers and patients can effectively manage high disease risk to reduce long-term morbidity and mortality”. ARTICLE: (Roberts, M. C., Dotson, W. D., DeVore, C. S., Bednar, E. M., Bowen, D. J., Ganiats, T. G., . . . Hampel, H. (2018). Delivery of cascade screening for hereditary conditions: A scoping review of the literature. Health Affairs, 37(5), 801-41. DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1630
- Then discuss how genetic testing results can lead to psychological distress (anxiety & depression) and the importance of using a multidisciplinary approach--- referring patient to cardiologist is very important, but also to psychological genetic counseling (See articles Rhodes 2017 & Somers 2014) and provide more discussion. The role of the DNP to ensure pt get the appropriate referrals
- Remember reference must be scholarly, peer reviewed article. Please include DOI numbers on the reference page (It’s required in APA). References should be scholarly journal articles (Nothing from conferences, goggle, .com).
- This assignment is for the DNP class and the grading is rigorous including grammar and APA style.
Thank you and let me know if you have any questions
Please don’t start with sentences that start with “this, these, it…etc” this is vague and not use in formal writing. Need to specify what we are talking about. Also don’t use citations in the middle of the sentence. Avoid “as well as” as much as possible.
Thank you!
Citation: Rhodes, A., Rosman, L., Cahill, J., Ingles, J., Murray, B., Tichnell, C., . . . Sears, S. F. (2017). Minding the genes: A multidisciplinary approach towards genetic assessment of cardiovascular disease. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 26(2), 224-231. DOI:10.1007/s10897-016-0017-z
