Psychiatry pharmacogenomics: Africans are not at the table

Lancet Psychiatry. 2023 Feb;10(2):80. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00432-1.

Authors

Frances Adiukwu¹, Emmanuel Aniekan Essien², Olufisayo Adesokun³, Sandra Ofori⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mental Health, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt 500004, Rivers State, Nigeria. Electronic address: frances.adiukwu@uniport.edu.ng.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
³ Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
⁴ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

PMID: 36697125
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00432-1

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

African People
Humans
Mental Disorders* / drug therapy
Mental Disorders* / genetics
Pharmacogenetics
Psychiatry*