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SUBMITTER: Abbott R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5812821 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abbott Ryan R Chang Donald D DD Eyre Harris A HA Bousman Chad A CA Merrill David A DA Lavretsky Helen H
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 20170525 2
Clinicians still employ a "trial-and-error" approach to optimizing treatment regimens for late-life depression (LLD). With LLD affecting a significant and growing segment of the population, and with only about half of older adults responsive to antidepressant therapy, there is an urgent need for a better treatment paradigm. Pharmacogenetic decision support tools (DSTs), which are emerging technologies that aim to provide clinically actionable information based on a patient's genetic profile, off ...[more]