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The Behavioral Genetics of Psychopathology - A Clinical Guide (Hardcover, New)
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The Behavioral Genetics of Psychopathology - A Clinical Guide (Hardcover, New)
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New discoveries about the genetic underpinnings of many kinds of
human experience are now continually being made. This book explores
the impact of these discoveries on the ways in which the common
mental disorders are best conceptualized and treated. Most people
think of research in genetics as the search for genes. This is only
one focus of effort, and even with the reliable identification of
susceptibility genes, the clinical applications of their discovery,
such as gene therapies and new drug development, are a long way
off. For the present, the impact of genetic research on our
understanding of mental illness is tied to our ability to estimate
the effect of all genes by means of family, twin, and adoption
studies. The results of these studies challenge some deeply
cherished ideas and theories, and support others. Of course, the
effect of genes is only half the equation. The role of experience,
environment, and living conditions accounts for as much, often
considerably more, of the variability in psychopathology. In this
book, Kerry Jang attempts not to answer questions about what is
"genetic" and what is not, but about what a knowledge of the
relative influence of genes versus environment means at a
psychological level of analysis--to show how it changes common
assumptions about classification, etiology, diagnosis, and
intervention. He first offers an overview of contemporary
behavioral genetics, dispels common misconceptions, responds to the
criticisms that have been leveled at this new field, and describes
in basic terms how genetic and environmental effects are estimated
and how susceptibility genes are pinpointed. He then points to new
directions in which standard nosological systems are likely to
evolve as new information about vulnerabilities and covariances
emerges. Finally, he synthesizes and evaluates the consistency of
the last decade's findings for the most common categories of
psychopathology that have been studied by behavior geneticists:
mood, personality, and anxiety disorders, substance abuse; and
schizophrenia and the psychotic disorders. Clinicians and
researchers alike need to understand the genetic influences on the
feelings and behaviors they are seeking to change or study if they
are to be effective in their work. The Behavioral Genetics of
Psychopathology: A Clinical Guide empowers them with this
understanding.
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