If a family has a rich history of mental health, their child may be born with a disposition to mental health. Is there

Question: If a family has a rich history of mental health, their child may be born with a disposition to mental health. Is there anyway this could be altered or eradicated through genetic modification?
- Keywords:
  child,
  family,
  history,
  mental health
Asked by anon-229342 to Sophie, Jolel, Emily, Amber, Alex on 19 Nov 2019.
- Jolel Miah answered on 19 Nov 2019:
  
  I did a lecture and debate on this with students and what we learnt was that changes to the family environment can really help treat mental illness rather than biomedical approaches. For example, studies found that people had less relapse when there was a supportive network compared with the same dose medication but an unsupportive environment

Question: If a family has a rich history of mental health, their child may be born with a disposition to mental health. Is there anyway this could be altered or eradicated through genetic modification?