PLENTY OF MY PATIENTS come into my office wanting to feel better but are hesitant to start anxiety or depression meds. They’ve heard lots of things, especially how, for the more than 50 million people currently taking meds for their mental health, it often requires a little trial and error to find the right prescription.
That was the case with a patient I’ll call Ralph, a software engineer in his early 30s. At our first appointment, he asked me about a genetic test called GeneSight that
