The gene illusion : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope /

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Genetic factors are increasingly presented as an important influence on psychiatric disorders, personality, intelligence and various types of socially unacceptable behavior -- as if that were an unassailable fact, proven by research. Jay Joseph's timely, challenging book provides a much-needed...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joseph, Jay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2004.
Temas:
Mental illness > Genetic aspects.
Genetic psychology.
Twins > Psychology > Research > Methodology.
Biological Psychiatry > trends
Mental Disorders > genetics
Diseases in Twins > genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Schizophrenia > genetics
Intelligence > genetics
Maladies mentales > Aspect génétique.
Psychologie génétique.
Jumeaux > Psychologie > Recherche > Méthodologie.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Twin research: misunderstanding twins, from Galton to the 21st century
  • The twin method: an environmentally confounded research technique
  • Genetic studies of twins reared apart: a critical review
  • The heritability concept: a measure of inheritance or inherently misleading?
  • The genetics of schizophrenia I: an overview
  • The genetics of schizophrenia II: adoption studies
  • Is crime in the genes? a critical review of twin and adoption studies of criminal and antisocial behavior
  • Genetics and IQ
  • Molecular genetic research in psychiatry and psychology: an exercise in futility?
  • Where do we go from here?

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