Psychiatric genetics is an exciting new discipline that explores how our minds and behavior are influenced by our genes. Increased interest in this area of medical genetics has been sparked by advances in molecular genetic techniques, the genome project, the neurosciences, the role of genes in somatic diseases, and the linking of specific genes with complex mental disorders. This Handbook is the definitive resource on this complex, and sometimes controversial, new field.

Contributions by: Horace H. Loh, George R. Uhl, Brian F. O'Dowd, Susan R. George, John C. Crabbe, P. Michael Conneally, Ellen M. Wijsman, Joel Gelernter