While it is widely accepted that we are products of our genes and environment, misconceptions about the power of genes to control our destiny continue to dominate our discourse. This volume contains the latest theories and evidence supporting the highly dynamic inter-relation between genes and environments as they influence the development, mental health, and substance use of adolescents. Written by researchers who are leading the way toward this new understanding, this text provides overviews and analysis of this emerging field. The chapters discuss the latest approaches to gene-environment relations, including gene-environment interaction, gene-environment correlation, epigenetics, and environmental regulation of gene expression. The application of these concepts to the prevention of adolescent mental health conditions, such as drug use, conduct disorder, depression, and schizophrenia, is included. Controversies in the implications of these approaches are also discussed.The chapters are written in accessible language and will be relevant to anyone interested in the mental health and development of adolescents, including researchers and practitioners in behavioral, social and medical fields. A final chapter by the editors assesses the implications of these new approaches for future mental health research and policy.

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Title: The Dynamic Genome and Mental Health: The Role of Genes and Environments in Youth Development
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0199737967
ISBN 13: 9780199737963
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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This volume contains the latest theories and evidence about the highly dynamic inter-relation between genes and environments as they influence the development, mental health and substance use of adolescents.

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Kenneth S. Kendler, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Human and Molecular Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University and Director of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

Sarah Jaffee, PhD, is a Developmental Psychopathologist at Kings College, London

Daniel Romer, PhD, is Dan Romer is director of the Adolescent Communication Institute (ACI) of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania

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