Read more
Informationen zum Autor Colm McDonald is Professor of Psychiatry at National University of Ireland! Galway and visiting Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry! King's College London. He trained in clinical and academic psychiatry in Dublin! and at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry! London. Klappentext Psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are known to be heritable. This book investigates the genetically produced markers of abnormal brain structure and function which underlie the clinical syndrome of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Zusammenfassung The Maudsley Family Study of Psychosis investigates the genetically produced markers of abnormal brain structure and function (‘intermediate phenotypes’) which underlie the clinical syndrome of schizophrenia, and more recently bipolar disorder Inhaltsverzeichnis McDonald! Murray! Exploring Intermediate Phenotypes of Psychosis. McDonald! The Maudsley Family Study of Psychosis- Overview of Clinical Methodology and Characteristics. Williams! Frangou! Bramon! Auditory Evoked Potentials as Genetic Trait Markers of Schizophrenia. MacCabe! Zanelli! Are Eye Movement Abnormalities Related to Susceptibility Genes for Schizophrenia? Toulopoulou! Filbey! Kravariti! Neuropsychological Impairments in Patients With Schizophrenia and their Unaffected Relatives. Dazzan! Griffiths! Neurological Abnormalities in Patients With Schizophrenia From Singly and Multiply Affected Families and their Relatives. McDonald! Structural Brain Deviations in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder - to What Extent Are They Genetically Mediated? McDonald! Summary and Implications.
