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Genes, environment, and psychopathology: understanding the causes of psychiatric and substance use disorders/ Kenneth S. Kendler and Carol A. Prescott.

By: Kendler, Kenneth SContributor(s): Prescott, Carol AMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Guilford Press, c2006Description: xx, 412 pISBN: 1593853165 (cloth)Subject(s): Mental illness--Environmental aspects -- Mental illness--Genetic aspectsDDC classification: 616.89042

Contents:

The scientific and social context of the Virginia Adult Twin Study of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Methodology used in the VATSPSUD Twinning and twin models Internalizing disorders Externalizing and substance use disorders Twin model assumptions Childhood experiences and risk for psychopathology Adult experiences and risk for psychopathology Sex differences -- Genetic and environmental influences on stability and change The genetics of what?: comorbidity, general versus specific effects, and risk indicators Three extensions of the twin model The genetics of the environment Mechanisms for genetic control of exposure to the environment Is the relation between environmental risk factors and psychiatric disorders causal? Genetic control of sensitivity to the environment Integrative models

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	616.89042 KEN/G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P27173

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The scientific and social context of the Virginia Adult Twin Study of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Methodology used in the VATSPSUD
Twinning and twin models
Internalizing disorders
Externalizing and substance use disorders
Twin model assumptions
Childhood experiences and risk for psychopathology
Adult experiences and risk for psychopathology
Sex differences --
Genetic and environmental influences on stability and change
The genetics of what?: comorbidity, general versus specific effects, and risk indicators
Three extensions of the twin model
The genetics of the environment
Mechanisms for genetic control of exposure to the environment
Is the relation between environmental risk factors and psychiatric disorders causal?
Genetic control of sensitivity to the environment
Integrative models

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