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Genetics and Mental Illness

Evolving Issues for Research and Society

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Editors:
  1. Laura Lee Hall

    1. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Arlington, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Laura Lee Hall
    Pages 1-4

  3. Evolution and Revolution in Psychiatric Genetics

    • Charles A. Kaufmann, Janet E. Johnson, Herbert Pardes
    Pages 5-28

  4. Beyond Nature versus Nurture

    • Robert Plomin
    Pages 29-50

  5. Blind Men and Elephants

    • Irving I. Gottesman
    Pages 51-77

  6. The Inheritance of Mood Disorders

    • Ming T. Tsuang, Stephen V. Faraone
    Pages 79-109

  7. Manic-Depressive Illness, Genes, and Creativity

    • Kay Redfield Jamison
    Pages 111-132

  8. A Hunger for Knowledge and Respect

    • Mary Ann Beall
    Pages 133-155

  9. The Human Implications of Psychiatric Genetics

    • Laura Lee Hall
    Pages 157-188

  10. Bioethics and the Federal Government

    • Robert Mullan Cook-Deegan
    Pages 189-218

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 219-225
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''Refreshing and informative....describe[s] the new complex research tools, directions and interpretations in a lucid and understandable fashion.'' --- Lancet, North American edition ''Beautifully crafted...The most significant contribution of this book involves its integration of areas that are not typically considered in genetic overviews.'' --- American Scientist, 1998 ''This book does an extraordinary job of making sense out of the many complex and controversial issues surrounding psychiatric genetics...It is worth the price.'' --- Journal of Genetic Counseling, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1997 This collection of essays clearly examines the complex nature of mental illness, focusing on the theory and state of the art of psychiatric genetics. This insightful volume is the first to present the diverse viewpoints of investigators, policy analysts, and psychiatric patients. Contributors explore the roles of genes in mental illness and describe various clinical, ethical, and social implications of psychiatric genetics. Additional discussions include trends in psychiatric genetic research, nature versus nurture in behavioral genetics, basic statistical principles of linkage analysis, and the many social domains relevant to psychiatric genetics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Arlington, USA

    Laura Lee Hall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetics and Mental Illness

  • Book Subtitle: Evolving Issues for Research and Society

  • Editors: Laura Lee Hall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0170-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45166-9Published: 31 January 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0172-9Published: 24 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0170-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 226

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Human Genetics

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