Mental Health Concerns May be Masked by Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms: Can GeneSight Help?

Most Americans acknowledge a connection between unhealthy coping mechanisms and a potential mental health condition like depression or anxiety, according to the Spring 2023 GeneSight Mental Health Monitor, a new nationwide survey from Myriad Genetics, Inc. Some unhealthy coping mechanisms respondents acknowledged as problematic included excessive sports gambling, binge watching TV/movies, sleeping or the lack of it, eating or the lack of it, and extreme gaming.

This GeneSight Cares webinar aims to explore how to move patients from engaging in these unhealthy behaviors into treating their possible underlying mental health issue.

Our panelists for this webinar are:
Dr. Lisa Reyes-Walsh, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, educator, and leader who has built her academic career on a strong foundation of innovation - developing accessible, inventive education to enhance the nursing care of vulnerable populations.

Dawn Galbreath, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner affiliated with the Indiana Center for Recovery in Mishawaka / South Bend, Indiana.

Stephen Pannel, a psychiatrist, DO, ABPN, ABAM and the chief medical officer at Right Track Medical in Oxford Miss.

Our moderator is Dr. Rachel Montel, a Medical Science Liaison with Myriad working on GeneSight.

Our panelists discussed:
What is an unhealthy coping mechanism
How to identify unhealthy coping mechanisms
Panelists going through examples they've seen in patients
How to bring the conversation to mental health being the underlying issue
How GeneSight can help in their treatment once mental health has been identified

Attendees of this webinar can expect to learn:
Tactics to identify underlying depression and signs of addiction disorder
When to use the GeneSight test once depression is identified
Where the GeneSight test can be used to improve patient outcomes