Behavioral Health Moves Toward Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine – commonly described as “the right patient with the right drug at the right dose at the right time” – was a topic last week at the 2014 OPEN MINDS Planning & Innovation Institute– one of the ways health and human service organizations can meet the increasing expectations for improved outcomes and lowered costs.

The concept behind personalized medicine is simple – the customization of health care decisions and practices tailored to the individual by use of genetic or other personal information (for a look at the work of NIMH research to transform diagnosis by incorporating genetics, check out DSM-5 . . .