GeneSight Mental Health Monitor Media Kit: Gap on the front line of mental health care

Michele Long (left) is a primary care nurse practitioner who makes a point of screening for depression and discussing mental health with all of her patients. The GeneSight Mental Health Monitor finds that more than half of primary care physicians surveyed believe their patients are unaware that they are trained and equipped to diagnose and treat mental health conditions.

As a primary care provider, Michele Long makes a point to screen every patient for mental health conditions. Long uses the GeneSight test to make informed decisions about mental health medications and doses that may be more likely to be effective for a patient based on their genetic information.

The GeneSight test helps providers make decisions on mental health medications and doses that may be more likely to help patients suffering from anxiety, depression, ADHD and other mental health conditions based on their unique genetic information.

Michele Long (right) reviews a GeneSight test report with her patient, Beth. Genetic information helps providers find effective mental health medications and may reduce the frustrating trial-and-error process that is common when treating mental illness.

Michele Long conducts a GeneSight test on a patient diagnosed with depression. With a simple cheek swab, the test provides clinicians with a patient’s unique genetic information that indicates which medications may require dose adjustments, be less likely to work, or have an increased risk of side effects.