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Routledge
350 Pages
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Routledge
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There has been a revolution in our understanding of mental illness and its effect on society. The science of mental illness has made enormous strides based on the just-completed decade of the brain and is poised to make quantum progress again based on the completion of the Human Genome Project. These and other developments are covered in this new multi-volume set, which brings together in one... Read more
Introduction, Overview, Diagnosis and Epidemiology, Genetics, Natural History, Childhood Onset, Evolution, Neurobiology of Disease, Treatment, Acknowledgements.
Biography
The editor is a leading figure in American Psychiatry, having been professor at Harvard Medical School and currently at the National Institutes of Health. He has written widely on the basic and clinical science of mental and addictive disorders.
