Psychiatric Genetics And Genomics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198564864 ISBN 13: 9780198564867

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2004

Synopsis

Genetics promises to provide one of the most powerful approaches to understanding the functional pathology of the human brain. This book presents a critical review of the evidence for a genetic contribution to common psychiatric conditions and the rarer single-gene disorders that may have psychiatric presentations. The first section of the book introduces the reader to molecular biology and the techniques of molecular genetics. The coverage then moves on to consider the genetics of normal and abnormal development, followed by a look at the genetics of abnormal behaviour in adults. This section includes, amongst others, consideration of personality disorders, schizophrenia and the dementias. The final section considers the applications of the work and covers issues such as counselling and ethics, closing with a look to the future. The editors are internationally renowned figures in this field and they have invited a team of equally eminent chapter authors. This will be essential reading for psychiatrists and geneticists and will be essential reading for psychiatrists and geneticists and will be of interest to neurologists, psychologists and neuroscientists.

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Review

The advent of the genomic era and recent progress in the fields of statistics and computation methodology are neatly balanced with the traditional cornerstones of psychiatric genetics, such as twin and adoption studies, in this impressive text on psychiatric genetics and genomics. (American Journal of Psychiatry Vol 162, No 11)

From reviews of the hardback:

It is timely to see such an excellent textbook... Aimed at graduate level students, this book is complex enough to be thorough, but clear with enough background to be accessible... the coverage is comprehensive and the flow logical... The text is uniformly well written and achieves a successful integration. (The Lancet)

A good introduction and reference book for professionals interested in psychiatric genetics such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and neuroscientists... the book you want to have on your bookshelf to look up material and obtain a complete and balanced picture of the field. (Psychological Medicine)

About the Author

Peter McGuffin is at S.G.D.P. Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London, U.K. . Michael J. Owen is in the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, U.K. . Irving Gottesman is at the University of Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198564864
• ISBN 13: 9780198564867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 502
• Editor: McGuffin Peter