Title: Psychiatric genetics
First published: 1998
Description: "Disorders of behavior represent some of the most common and disabling diseases affecting humankind; however, despite their worldwide distribution, genetic influences on these illnesses are often overlooked by families and mental health professionals. Psychiatric genetics is a rapidly advancing field, elucidating the varied roles of specific genes and their interactions in brain development and dysregulation. Principles of Psychiatric Genetics includes 22 disorder-based chapters covering, amongst other conditions, schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Alzheimer's disease, learning and developmental disorders, eating disorders and personality disorders. Supporting chapters focus on issues of genetic epidemiology, molecular and statistical methods, pharmacogenetics, epigenetics, gene expression studies, online genetic databases and ethical issues. Written by an international team of contributors, and fully updated with the latest results from genome-wide association studies, this comprehensive text is an indispensable reference for psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and anyone involved in psychiatric genetic studies"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Genetic aspects, Genetic aspects of Mental illness, Genetic aspects of Mental retardation, Genetic aspects of Pathological psychology, Genetics, Mental Disorders, Mental illness, Mental retardation, Nervous System Diseases, Pathological Psychology, Psychology, Pathological, Medical Genetics, Psychiatry, Psychiatry (Specific Aspects), Science, Medical / Nursing, Psychology, Science/Mathematics, Psychiatry - General, Medical / Psychiatry, History, Intellectual disability, Psychopathologie, Aspect génétique, Troubles mentaux, Génétique, Maladies du système nerveux, Psychiatrie, Genetische psychologie, Psychische stoornissen, Erfelijke ziekten, Psychiatric epidemiology, Epidemiology
LC classification: RC455.4.G4 N87 1998