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  2. Myriad Genetics - Wikipedia

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    Myriad Genetics, Inc. is an American genetic testing and precision medicine company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.Myriad employs a number of proprietary technologies that permit doctors and patients to understand the genetic basis of human disease and the role that genes play in the onset, progression and treatment of disease.

  3. Current Procedural Terminology - Wikipedia

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    The CPT code revisions in 2013 were part of a periodic five-year review of codes. Some psychotherapy codes changed numbers, for example 90806 changed to 90834 for individual psychotherapy of a similar duration. Add-on codes were created for the complexity of communication about procedures.

  4. Genetic testing - Wikipedia

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    The routine testing of infants for certain disorders is the most widespread use of genetic testing—millions of babies are tested each year in the United States. All states currently test infants for phenylketonuria (PKU, a genetic disorder that causes mental illness if left untreated) and congenital hypothyroidism (a disorder of the thyroid ...

  5. Pharmacogenomics - Wikipedia

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    In behavioral health, pharmacogenomic tests provide tools for physicians and care givers to better manage medication selection and side effect amelioration. Pharmacogenomics is also known as companion diagnostics, meaning tests being bundled with drugs. Examples include KRAS test with cetuximab and EGFR test with gefitinib.

  6. Continuous performance task - Wikipedia

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    A continuous performance task, continuous performance test, or CPT, is any of several kinds of neuropsychological test that measures a person's sustained and selective attention. Sustained attention is the ability to maintain a consistent focus on some continuous activity or stimuli, and is associated with impulsivity. Selective attention is ...

  7. Psychoactive drug - Wikipedia

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    The term psychotropic drug is often used interchangeably, while some sources present narrower definitions. These substances may be used medically; recreationally ; to purposefully improve performance or alter consciousness ; as entheogens for ritual, spiritual, or shamanic purposes; [ 2 ] or for research, including psychedelic therapy .

  8. List of psychotropic medications - Wikipedia

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    Depakote (valproic acid/sodium valproate) – an antiepileptic and mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder, neuropathic pain and others; sometimes called an antimanic medication.

  9. Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement - Wikipedia

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    The prescriptive authority for psychologists (RxP) movement is a movement in the United States of America among certain psychologists to give prescriptive authority to psychologists with predoctoral or postdoctoral graduate-level training in clinical psychopharmacology; successful passage of a standardized, national examination (Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists - Second Edition ...