Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?

by Patrick D. Hahn

Book Overview

The book covers important topics in the psychiatric genetics (PG) field. Many of these have been overlooked in mainstream accounts, and many contemporary PG researchers have omitted or whitewashed the eugenic and "racial hygiene" origins of the field. The author critically analyzes PG evidence in support of genetic claims which, given the lack of gene discoveries, are based mainly on the results of psychiatric twin and adoption studies. Given that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030218651
• ISBN13: 9783030218652
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"