Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of the heart's electrical activity that infrequently
causes severe ventricular arrhythmias such as a type of ventricular tachycardia called …

Drugs vary in their effects for many reasons, such as incomplete compliance, the underlying
disease being treated, clinical covariates such as age and sex, and interaction with other …

Objective rs12576775 was found to be associated with bipolar disorder (BD) in a genome‐
wide association study (GWAS). The GWAS signal implicates genes for the microRNAs miR …

Background: Convergent evidence from genetics, symptomatology and
psychopharmacology imply that there are intrinsic connections between schizophrenia …

The study of pharmacogenomics is rapidly growing, particularly in the field of mental health.
Understanding pharmacogenomic principles can be a challenge for many clinicians. Most …

Pharmacogenomics describes the influence of genetic variation on any aspect of drug
response. The heritability of such phenotypes for psychiatric medications is not well …

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose a serious public health burden, yet the role of genetics
in drug response remains incompletely characterized. Thiazide diuretics, commonly used …

The article discusses a continuing medical education (CME) activity that focuses on the
importance of corrected QT or QTc monitoring in patients receiving psychotropics, especially …