Carving chaos: genetics and the classification of mood and psychotic syndromes.

doi:10.1080/10673220600655780

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Carving chaos: genetics and the classification of mood and psychotic syndromes.

Harvard review of psychiatry - 1 Jan 2000

Potash James B

Abstract excerpt

Though Kraepelin's century-old division of major mental illness into mood disorder and schizophrenia remains in place, debate abounds over the most appropriate classification. Although these arguments previously rested solely on clinical grounds, they now are rooted in genetics and neurobiology. This article reviews evidence from the fields of genetic epidemiology, linkage, association, cytogenetics, and gene...

Topics

Bipolar Disorder
Cytogenetic Analysis
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetics, Population
Humans
Molecular Biology
Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia

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PMID: 16603472
DOI: 10.1080/10673220600655780

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DAOA
DISC1

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