Psychiatric disorders are chronic, recurrent and are responsible for huge social and individual costs. Psychopharmacology is a growing field with and an increasing number and quality of drugs, which have improved treatment efficacy and decreased adverse effects. Pharmacogenetics is a relatively recent science that study genetics influence on drug response and adverse effects. In these review, we point to the major findings in psycopharmacogenetics and comment on the perspectives for the scientific community and clinicians in Brazil.
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Miranda, D. M., Correa, H., De Marco, L., & Romano-Silva, M. A. (2006). Psicofarmacogenética. In Medicina (Vol. 39, pp. 570–576). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto - U.S.P. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v39i4p570-576
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