Genes, environment, and psychopathology: understanding the causes of psychiatric and substance use disorders/
Kenneth S. Kendler and Carol A. Prescott.
- New York: Guilford Press, c2006.
- xx, 412 p.
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