Genetic Issues

by Ming T. Tsuang

To what extent is mental illness inherited? The question is of compelling interest to patients, their families, clinicians, and society. This volume critically surveys current knowledge in the understanding of the hereditary component of psychiatric disorders. It analyzes the methodological strengths and weaknesses of the techniques?both from traditional epidemiology and from new work in statistics and molecular genetics?used to determine the genetic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081351729X
• ISBN13: 9780813517292
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.