Psychiatric Genetics: Methods, Findings and Ethical Issues
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- Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Received 10 December 2008 02:15 UTC; Posted 10 December 2008
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- Genetics & Genomics
- Abstract:
This talk has 4 major sections. First, I review the basic definition of a complex trait, especially as it applies to psychiatric disorders. Second, I outline the 4 basic paradigms of psychiatric genetics: simple genetic epidemiology, advanced genetic epidemiology, gene-finding methods and molecular genetics. Third, I review a few basic facts about psychiatric genetics – the level of heritabilities found for most common disorders and the difficulties the field has had in obtaining replicated evidence for single gene effects. Finally, I briefly review three conceptual/philosophical issues that relate to psychiatric genetics: i) why do people become much more concerned in learning about possible genetic influences on personality or risk for depression than genes that influence risk for cancer, atherosclerosis or asthma? ii) how have the results of research in behavioral/Psychiatric Genetics impacted on the sense of Parental Responsibility for psychiatric illness in their offspring.
To watch Dr. Kendler’s presentation, please see the Google Video posting.
- Collection:
- Stanford University: CIRGE Symposium June 6, 2006
- Presented at:
- CIRGE Symposium: Interpreting Complexity, 06 June 2006
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Kendler, Kenneth. Psychiatric Genetics: Methods, Findings and Ethical Issues . Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.2623.1> (2008)
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