Genetic issues

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Patenaude, Andrea Farkas, presenter.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human chromosome abnormalities--Diagnosis.

Human chromosome abnormalities.

Anxiety--Treatment.

Anxiety.

Genetic Testing.

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders.

Medical Subjects:

Genetic Testing.

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders.

Anxiety.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (108 min., 3 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2023]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In Genetic Issues, Dr. Andrea Farkas Patenaude demonstrates her approach to counseling clients who are facing the possibility of inheriting an illness or disorder from a parent or grandparent. Many disorders, such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, may have a genetic component, making it likely that someone will inherit them. Dr. Andrea Farkas Patenaude works with clients on associated stress and anxiety and also provides information on the benefits and limitations of genetic testing.In this session, Dr. Andrea Farkas Patenaude works with a young woman whose mother died of breast cancer. She discusses genetic testing and then helps the client begin to work through some of her grief as well as her anxiety about being diagnosed with cancer

Notes:

Recording date: 2002-10-23

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Access Restriction:

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