Kendler, Kenneth S.

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

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Mental illness--Environmental aspects--Mental illness--Genetic aspects

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