Risk and uncertainty: shifting decision making for aneuploidy screening to the first trimester of pregnancy.

Purpose: The clinical introduction of first trimester aneuploidy screening uniquely challenges the informed consent process for both patients and providers. This study investigated key aspects of the decision-making process for this new form of prenatal genetic screening.

Methods: Qualitative data were collected by nine focus groups that comprised women of different reproductive histories (N = 46 participants).

Adolescent experience of psychotropic treatment.

Despite growing concern over the treatment of adolescents with psychiatric medications, little research has examined youth understandings and interpretations of mental illness and psychotropic treatment. This article reports the exploratory findings of semi-structured and open-ended interviews carried out with 20 adolescents diagnosed with one or more psychiatric disorders, and who were currently prescribed psychiatric medications. Grounded theory coding procedures were used to identify themes related to adolescent subjective experience with psychiatric medications.