May 20, 2017
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VIDEO: Genetic predictors of tardive dyskinesia
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SAN DIEGO — In this video, James L. Kennedy, MD, of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, discusses the use of genetic factors to predict risk for tardive dyskinesia, a common side effect of psychiatric medications.
“If we can identify certain individuals, we may be able to avoid a lot of the side effects that are so common in psychiatric medications,” Kennedy told Healio/Psychiatry.
Kennedy and colleagues identified specific genes associated with risk for tardive dyskinesia.