Main description:

Major and exciting advances in psychiatric genetics were
discussed at a 3-day international workshop. The
internationally renowned editors assembledan impressive
list of specialists, all of whom are leading in their
subject. Reviews and short articles which stress special
problems or new research results have been brought together
in this book, also including intensive discussions of the
different topics. Much of the material covers the
application of molecular genetics in major psychoses,
Alzheimer's dementia or preclinical research. However, the
problems of diagnostic features or phenotypical
characterization broaden further the content of this volume,
making it truly a collection of the art information.

Contents:

Molecular Genetics of Affective Psychoses.- Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia.- Clinical Observations Critical for Linkage Studies of Schizophrenia and Affective Psychose.- The Complexities of Linkage Studies for Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Clinical Aspects of Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease.- Molecular Pathology and Aetiology of Alzheimer's Disease.- Molecular Genetics of Familial Alzheimer's Disease.- Analysis of Psychiatric Disease by Molecular Genetics.- Molecular Genetics in Neurodegenerative Disorders.- The D3 Dopamine Receptor Gene as a Candidate Gene for Genetic Linkage Studies.- Structure and Function Relationships of the G-Receptor Family.- GABA Receptor Genes: Applications to Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Gene Assignment by Random Search in Human Genome.- Family Studies of Affective Disorders with 11p15.5 DNA Markers.- Clinical Phenotypes: Problems in Diagnosis.- Biological Markers in Schizophrenia and the Affective Psychoses.- Cotransmission and Comorbidity of Affective Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Alcoholism in Families.- Biological Marker Studies in Families.- Twin Research.- Assessing the Evidence for Linkage in Psychiatric Genetics.- Editors and Co-Editors.- Workshop Participants and Senior Authors.- Coauthors.- Acknowledgements.