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Mood genes : hunting for origins of mania and depression / Samuel H. Barondes.
- Title
- Mood genes : hunting for origins of mania and depression / Samuel H. Barondes.
- Author
- Barondes, Samuel H., 1933-
- Publication
- New York : W.H. Freeman, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RC537 .B3385 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection wid
- Description
- viii, 237 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- We know that many physical characteristics are determined by genes. But do genes also affect mental characteristics, such as the way we feel? Can abnormalities in specific genes lead to mental disorders? And, if so, can these genes actually be identified and their discovery put to use in prevention and treatment? In this book, leading psychiatrist and biological researcher Samuel Barondes answers these questions by focusing on manic-depressive illness - a common and dramatic mood disorder characterized by wild swings from the most euphoric of highs to the darkest of lows. Because this disease tends to run in families, it has long been suspected that specific genes may be responsible. As Barondes and his colleagues try to find these mood genes, they hope to develop an entirely new way of understanding manic-depression.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Field guides
- Note
- A duplicate copy of this title was part of the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, but was not retained.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.
- Contents
- Michael's Family -- A Single Morbid Process? -- The Astonishing Leap from Traits to Genes -- From Peas to People -- Some Tools for the Hunt -- Hunting Without a Map -- Ana's Family -- Hot Spots in the Genome -- Both Good Seed and Bad -- Grappling with Fate -- "Better than Well": Some Trouble with Michael.
- ISBN
- 0716729431
- LCCN
- ^^^98004678^
- OCLC
- 38324268
- SCSB-10586035
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library