Gene-Environment Interactions in Psychiatry: Nature, Nurture, Neuroscience begins with the basic aspects of gene–environment studies, such as basic genetics, principles of animals modeling, and the basic processes of how environmental factors affect brain and behavior, with part two describing the most important psychiatric disorders in detail.
Each chapter has a similar structure that includes a general description of the disorder that is followed by an analysis of the role of genes and how they are affected by environmental factors. Each chapter ends with a description of the most relevant animal models, again focusing on gene–environment interactions.
The book concludes with a critical evaluation of the current research and an outlook for the (possible) future, offering a vignette into the fascinating world of nature, nurture, and neuroscience.
1. Section I: General introduction - p. x 2. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. x 3. Chapter 2: The Genetic Basis of Behavior - p. 17 4. Chapter 3: Animal Modelling in Psychiatry - p. 46 5. Chapter 4: The Environmental Basis of Behavior - p. 73 6. Chapter 5: Environment Challenges and the Brain - p. 106 7. Section II: Gene-environment interactions in psychiatric disorders - p. 139 8. Chapter 6: Drug Addiction - p. 139 9. Chapter 7: Affective Disorders - p. 172 10. Chapter 8: Childhood Disorders - p. 231 11. Chapter 9: Schizophrenia - p. 288 12. Chapter 10: Conclusions and the Road Ahead - p. 322 13. Abbreviations - p. 338 14. Index - p. 341
Gene-Environment Interactions in Psychiatry: Nature, Nurture, Neuroscience begins with the basic aspects of gene–environment studies, such as basic genetics, principles of animals modeling, and the basic processes of how environmental factors affect brain and behavior, with part two describing the most important psychiatric disorders in detail.
Each chapter has a similar structure that includes a general description of the disorder that is followed by an analysis of the role of genes and how they are affected by environmental factors. Each chapter ends with a description of the most relevant animal models, again focusing on gene–environment interactions.
The book concludes with a critical evaluation of the current research and an outlook for the (possible) future, offering a vignette into the fascinating world of nature, nurture, and neuroscience.
1. Section I: General introduction - p. x 2. Chapter 1: Introduction - p. x 3. Chapter 2: The Genetic Basis of Behavior - p. 17 4. Chapter 3: Animal Modelling in Psychiatry - p. 46 5. Chapter 4: The Environmental Basis of Behavior - p. 73 6. Chapter 5: Environment Challenges and the Brain - p. 106 7. Section II: Gene-environment interactions in psychiatric disorders - p. 139 8. Chapter 6: Drug Addiction - p. 139 9. Chapter 7: Affective Disorders - p. 172 10. Chapter 8: Childhood Disorders - p. 231 11. Chapter 9: Schizophrenia - p. 288 12. Chapter 10: Conclusions and the Road Ahead - p. 322 13. Abbreviations - p. 338 14. Index - p. 341
