 Genetic Counseling
"Genetic Counseling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An educational process that provides information and advice to individuals or families about a genetic condition that may affect them. The purpose is to help individuals make informed decisions about marriage, reproduction, and other health management issues based on information about the genetic disease, the available diagnostic tests, and management programs. Psychosocial support is usually offered.
| Descriptor ID |
D005817
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.158.273.343.385.500.384 N02.421.308.400
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Genetic Counseling".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Genetic Counseling".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Genetic Counseling" by people in this website by year, and whether "Genetic Counseling" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Counseling" by people in Profiles.
-
Bui QM, Berninger T, Morales A, Korty L, Allen LA, Adler ED, Urey MA, Hong KN, Rabin B, Bloss C. A pilot qualitative study of patient understanding and perceptions of genetic counselors and cascade testing in the context of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. J Genet Couns. 2026 Jun; 35(3):e70249.
-
Chapman T, Mirsky DM, Iruretagoyena JI, Guimaraes CV. Prenatal diagnosis of infratentorial anomalies: ultrasound, fetal MRI, and implications for counseling. Pediatr Radiol. 2026 Jul; 56(8):1644-1663.
-
Zelley K, Schienda J, Gallinger B, Kohlmann WK, McGee RB, Scollon SR, Schneider KW. Update on Genetic Counselor Practice and Recommendations for Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Evaluation and Surveillance. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Sep 13; 30(18):3983-3989.
-
Godown J, Kim EH, Everitt MD, Chung WK, Lytrivi ID, Kirmani S, Kantor PF, Ware SM, Ballweg JA, Lal AK, Bansal N, Towbin J, Lipshultz SE, Lee TM. Genetic Testing Resources and Practice Patterns Among Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Programs. Pediatr Cardiol. 2025 Apr; 46(4):798-803.
-
Pickart AM, Martin AS, Gross BN, Dellefave-Castillo LM, McCallen LM, Nagaraj CB, Rippert AL, Schultz CP, Ulm EA, Armstrong N. Genetic counseling for the dystrophinopathies-Practice resource of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. J Genet Couns. 2025 02; 34(1):e1892.
-
Mack T, Batallones R, Morris E, Inglis A, Moldovan R, McGhee K, Zimmerman KD, Austin J. The effectiveness of psychiatric genetic counseling training: An analysis of 13 international workshops. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2024 09; 195(6):e32978.
-
Gilmore MJ, Knerr S, Kraft SA, Bulkley JE, Biesecker BB, Feigelson HS, Hunter JE, Jenkins CL, Kauffman TL, Lee SS, Liles EG, Mittendorf KF, Muessig KR, Porter KM, Rolf BA, Rope AF, Zepp JM, Anderson KP, Devine B, Joseph G, Leo MC, Goddard K, Wilfond BS. Improving Care for Marginalized Populations at Risk for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Innovations that Expanded Reach in the CHARM Study. Public Health Genomics. 2024; 27(1):16-22.
-
Swisher EM, Rayes N, Bowen D, Peterson CB, Norquist BM, Coffin T, Gavin K, Polinsky D, Crase J, Bakkum-Gamez JN, Blank SV, Munsell MF, Nebgen D, Fleming GF, Olopade OI, Law S, Zhou A, Levine DA, D'Andrea A, Lu KH. Remotely Delivered Cancer Genetic Testing in the Making Genetic Testing Accessible (MAGENTA) Trial: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2023 11 01; 9(11):1547-1555.
-
Thompson T, Tisher J, Davis S, Miller C, Kirk J, Tartaglia N, Howell S. The emotional journey of adapting to prenatally identified trisomy X. J Genet Couns. 2024 08; 33(4):793-804.
-
Marjon N, Guerra R, Freeman A, Mak J, Cheung S, Gordon K, Blanco A, Ueda S, Chen LM. Same day service: A genetic testing station model to improve germline genetic testing in patients with ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2023 10; 177:53-59.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|