Question

Why is pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics of particular interest in treating patients with psychiatric/mental health problems?

Answer 1

The correct answer is because psychiatric medications may be effective in only a small group of patients.

Pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics would be interested in psychiatric/mental health patients because a small proportion of psychiatric/mental health disorders are genetic and can be treated with specific types of pharmaceutics.

Answer 2

Pharmacogenetics or pharmacogenomics is a particular interest in terms of treating patients that are having psychiatric or mental health problems because most of the illness that these patients exhibits are single gene disorders, where in, it can respond to the drug that could help the illness that they exhibits, mentally.