Genes, Environment, and Psychopathology: Understanding the Causes of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders

"Over the last 20 years, it is likely that no other single study has had a greater impact on academic psychiatry than the Virginia Adult Twin Study, which has been instrumental in ushering in the current genomics era in biological psychiatry. Kendler and Prescott have done the field an immeasurable service by placing the major findings from the study under a single cover." - Matt McGue, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA "This most engaging book by world leaders in psychiatric genetics is an essential read... It provides a lively, balanced, informative conceptual understanding of how genes and environment work together in causal pathways as they operate over time." - Michael Rutter, MD, FRS, Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK "For students, the straightforward and highly informative details of the methods used to test major and ancillary questions will be particularly valuable. Scientists, for their part, will benefit from having a single, well-referenced source on this excellent study." - Marc A. Schuckit, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego; Alcohol Research Center, VA San Diego Healthcare System, USA "Clear, thoughtful, and timely... This book is a gift to all those willing to embrace the underlying complexity of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse." - Twin Research and Human Genetics