Help-seeking from a doctor

General

This trait reflects research on whether and how often people seek help from a general practitioner for mental or emotional concerns.

GWAS work has identified some variants linked to help-seeking behavior, with overlap with personality and mental health traits.

This result reflects research-level variation in health-related behavior and is not a clinical recommendation.

Access to care, stigma, culture, financial situation, severity of symptoms, and prior experience with healthcare strongly shape actual help-seeking.

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Selected sample: Demo Report
Report markers: 28 SNP entries
Genes: 0
Research: 1 study

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SNPs tested

These are the unique genetic markers analyzed for this trait. Genotypes showing "--" were not identified in your DNA file. Report marker totals can include repeated study entries; this table shows each SNP once.

Genotypes and reported variant frequencies
SNP	Genotype	Variant allele	Frequency
rs10786831	AG	G	48.74%
rs11599236	TC		59.20%
rs7772160	TT	T	52.20%
rs8097498	AG	G	38.70%
rs9345737	AG	G	56.10%
rs11123030	TC		49.10%
rs3135296	--		88.00%
rs3807866	--	A	41.00%
rs393488	--		53.10%
rs11646401	--	G	44.20%
rs12057031	--	T	89.20%
rs12205083	--	G	10.40%
rs12889665	--	G	53.80%
rs12967855	--		32.90%
rs1625792	--	A	85.30%
rs236346	--	C	90.50%
rs30266	--	A	32.80%
rs3115631	--	A	87.40%
rs4543289	--		38.52%
rs4713145	--		77.64%
rs535777	--		90.10%
rs537635	--		48.40%
rs578174	--	G	89.80%
rs61997596	--	A	19.10%
rs66511648	--	C	28.40%
rs6697602	--	G	8.30%
rs6699744	--	T	61.20%
rs75782365	--	G	89.00%

DNA Genics reports genotypes based on the 'positive' strand of the human genome reference sequence (build 37/HG19). Other companies may use the opposite strand, so genotypes may need conversion for comparison.

Research studies

The following peer-reviewed scientific studies support the genetic associations analyzed in this report.

Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression

Evidence

Very strong scientific evidence

2020 Apr Nat Genet

Authors: Cai N, Revez JA, Adams MJ, Andlauer TFM, Breen G, Byrne EM, Clarke TK, Forstner AJ, Grabe HJ, Hamilton SP, Levinson DF, Lewis CM, Lewis G, Martin NG, Milaneschi Y, Mors O, Müller-Myhsok B, Penninx BWJH, Perlis RH, Pistis G, Potash JB, Preisig M, Shi J, Smoller JW, Streit F, Tiemeier H, Uher R, Van der Auwera S, Viktorin A, Weissman MM, , Kendler KS, Flint J

Study sample: 67,171 individuals (european ancestry)