Biological risk factors for psychosocial disorders
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Biological risk factors for psychosocial disorders
Cambridge University Press, c1991
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Outgrowth of a workshop organized by the European Science Foundation Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development, held in Como in Oct. 1989
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Description
It has been known for many years that physical disease or damage, especially of the brain, are associated with an increased risk for psychosocial disorders. However, the understanding of the mechanisms involved in these biological risk processes, and of the marked individual differences in response, is of much more recent origin. The role of genetic factors, perinatal brain damage, sex hormones, allergy, drugs and language disorder, are among the topics selected to illustrate the wide range of mechanisms involved in the development of psychosocial disorders in childhood or later life. Authors were asked to write for a multidisciplinary audience, to adopt a lifespan approach, to focus on the principles involved, and to highlight the outstanding research and clinical issues in each field. The result is a readable and highly authoritative overview of the factors responsible for a wide range of behavioural and psychological problems. It is a book which will interest practitioners and research workers in many developmental disciplines, particularly child health and paediatrics, neurology, psychology and psychiatry.
Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Structural abnormalities of the brain in developmental disorders G. Lyon and J.-F. Gadisseux
- Developmental disorders and structural brain development R. Goodman
- Relation between maturation of neurotransmitter systems in the human brain and psychosocial disorders D. Swaab
- Chromosomal abnormalities M. Pembrey
- Genetic risk and psychosocial disorders: links between the normal and abnormal R. Plomin
- Pre- and perinatal risk factors for psychosocial development P. Casaer
- Metabolic/endocrine disorders and psychological functioning P. Fuggle and P. Graham
- Toxins and allergens E. Taylor
- The long-term psychosocial sequelae of specific developmental disorders of speech and language M. Rutter and L. Mawhood
- Reproductive hormones J. Bancroft
- Epilepsy and anticonvulsive drugs H.-C. Steinhawsen and C. Rauss-Mason
- Biological risk mechanisms: some concepts and issues M. Rutter.
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