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The search for the genetic basis of mania and depression is at once a major medical priority (one in five people with manic depression commit suicide), and merely the latest step in an age-old quest to understand what purpose emotions serve.
Each major paradigm of mind has its own anatomy of melancholy. Samuel Barondes traces these rival models of despond, from the earliest writings of psychotherapy, through modern psychiatry's progressive integration into hospital medicine, to the gathering of evidence to suggest that there is a genetic component to the disease. This possibility in particular is complicating--if not revolutionising--our ideas of human nature, nurture and identity.
Barondes' own story of how he came to be involved in the hunt for "mood genes" is a pacy, no-punches-pulled memoir offering insights into genetics both as an exercise in pure science and as a job of work with all its attendant political, professional and ethical dilemmas. Long after the findings discussed here have been superseded, Mood Genes deserves to be treasured as a fascinating account of a life in science. --Simon Ings
"Presented so clearly as to make the reader feel almost like an expert in the subject."--Scientific American
"An exciting gene hunt, written in comfortable and in parts racy prose by an authority in the field. "--Nature
"'Unputdownable' is a word one associates with thrillers rather than science books, but I found it hard to stop reading Mood Genes."--The New York Times Book Review
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Penguin Edition. At least one in a hundred people suffer from severe mania and depression, while many more have milder mood fluctuations. Until recently mood swings were attributed to life experiences. But as the author shows, scientists have not only demonstrated that there is an inherited predisposition to mania and depression but are on their way to finding the specific gene variants that are involved. Drawing on the latest research, he describes the dramatic hunt for such 'mood genes', the new treatments this will lead to, and the ethical issues raised by their discovery. In dealing with the specific issues raised by mood disorders, this book is a compelling introduction to genetic studies of human behaviour. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Seller Inventory # 006283
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Penguin Edition. At least one in a hundred people suffer from severe mania and depression, while many more have milder mood fluctuations. Until recently mood swings were attributed to life experiences. But as the author shows, scientists have not only demonstrated that there is an inherited predisposition to mania and depression but are on their way to finding the specific gene variants that are involved. Drawing on the latest research, he describes the dramatic hunt for such 'mood genes', the new treatments this will lead to, and the ethical issues raised by their discovery. In dealing with the specific issues raised by mood disorders, this book is a compelling introduction to genetic studies of human behaviour. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Seller Inventory # 006284