HC Deb 21 January 1999 vol 323 c550W
Mr. Hesford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that assessments of a patient's mental health, with particular reference to possible psychotic conditions, have excluded known genetic diseases which share the same symptoms. [R] [66148]

Mr. Hutton

The assessment of those presenting with mental health problems includes inquiries into family history of psychiatric and medical disorders.

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