Authors: Kerry Jang, Philip A. Vernon
ISBN-13: 9780805843262, ISBN-10: 0805843264
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: February 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
To help mental health practitioners and patients plan realistic goals and develop strategies to reach them, Jang (psychiatry, U. of British Columbia) explores the theories, etiology, measurement, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology from the perspective of behavioral genetics, which is broadly concerned with the inheritance of emotional and behavioral patterns. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ch. 1 | Introduction | 3 |
Ch. 2 | The ABCs of behavioral genetics | 15 |
Ch. 3 | Classification and diagnosis | 44 |
Ch. 4 | The mood disorders | 67 |
Ch. 5 | The personality disorders | 87 |
Ch. 6 | The anxiety disorders | 111 |
Ch. 7 | Substance use problems | 132 |
Ch. 8 | Schizophrenia and the psychotic disorders | 150 |
Ch. 9 | Recapitulation | 165 |