GENETICS LINKED TO ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
(GLAD)

Perth, Australia

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Getting a Better Fit For Your Genes

Using pharmacogenomics (PG) (the study of how a person’s genetic make-up influences how they metabolise medication), the trial will analyse whether PG-guided treatment is more effective than today’s widely adopted ‘trial and error’ approach.

Episode 1 - So who are we going to play upfront?

Now the preliminary discussions are over, Sean and the GLAD PLEX-RPs begin to address the prerequisites for the research project - first up is filling the PhD candidate for the PI position...
Episode 2 - Dotting the Ethical T's and I's

Dotting the ethical t's and I's - Sean raises the all-important question of adhering to the ethics board's stipulations and suggests that PLEX involvement could be considered an extra level of compliance...
Episode 3 - Keeping Our Credentials In The Clear

SYNOPSIS - The GLAD team evoke the power of disclosure when collaborating with PLEX RPs
Episode 4 - Keep Taking The Meds

SYNOPSIS - The GLAD team tiptoe thought the thorny issue of do we or don’t we mention the pills and the stigmatising effect of how the association of mental illness with medication can be detrimental to self perception...
Episode 5 - 'Riding the Resistance Roller Coaster...'

In this longer than usual episode, Sean gives an in-depth explanation of what constitutes 'resistance' and how the GLAD projects addresses this problem...

Research partners - GLAD project

Prof. Sean Hood

Head of Psychiatry - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital / UWA

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Sue

Person with Live Experience (PLEX - RP)

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Jodie

Person with Lived Experience (PLEX - RP)

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Fiona

Person with Lived Experience (PLEX - RP)

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Carl Holm

Senior Psychiatry Registrar - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

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Nikki Gasqueres

SYNERGIES Coordinator

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