The New Genetics of Mental Illness
- 1st Edition - April 4, 1991
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editors: Peter McGuffin, Robin Murray
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 3 1 8 5 - 6
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 0 0 2 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 4 2 7 - 4
The New Genetics of Mental Illness is a collection of papers that discusses the advancement of molecular biology in the context of psychiatry. The book presents papers that are… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe New Genetics of Mental Illness is a collection of papers that discusses the advancement of molecular biology in the context of psychiatry. The book presents papers that are organized thematically. The text first discusses the basics of biology and quantitative models, and then proceeds to covering linkage analysis. Next, the book deals with various mental disorders, including schizophrenia, eating disorders, and developmental disorders. The remaining materials turn their attention to dementia and Huntington’s disease. The book will be of great use to researchers and practitioners of behavioral sciences, such as psychology and psychiatry.
Preface
1 The Cell, Molecular Biology and the New Genetics
2 Genetic Models of Madness
3 The Uses and Abuses of Linkage Analysis in Neuropsychiatrie Disorder
4 The Formal Problems of Linkage
5 Schizophrenia: How Far Can We Go in Defining the Phenotype?
6 Schizophrenia: Classical Approaches with New Twists and Provocative Results
7 Genetic Linkage Studies of Schizophrenia
8 Aberrant Neurodevelopment as the Expression of the Schizophrenia Genotype
9 The Familial Aggregation of Affective Disorders: Relation to Symptom Severity and Social Provocation
10 Life Events and Depressive Symptoms: A Twin Study Perspective
11 Genetic Markers and Affective Disorder
12 The Genetics of Vulnerability to Alcoholism
13 Genes and the Aetiology of Eating Disorders
14 Growing Together and Growing Apart: The Non-Genetic Forces on Children in the Same Family
15 Autism as a Genetic Disorder
16 Learning Disability and Psychiatric/Behavioral Disorders: A Genetic Perspective
17 The Genetics of the Common Forms of Dementia
18 The Molecular Basis of Alzheimer's-Type Dementia
19 Prediction and Prevention in Huntington's Disease
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 4, 1991
- No. of pages (eBook): 316
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483131856
- Hardback ISBN: 9780750600293
- eBook ISBN: 9781483164274
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