Psychiatric genetics : from hereditary madness to big biology / Michael Arribas-Ayllon, Andrew Bartlett and Jamie Lewis.

  • Arribas-Ayllon, Michael
Date:
2019
  • Books

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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Physical description

x, 233 pages ; 25 cm.

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Contents

Introduction -- 1 From 'hereditary madness' to psychiatric genetics -- 2 The birth of psychiatric genetics -- 3 The rethoric of complexity -- 4 Inside 'Big Biology' -- 5 Drowning in data -- 6 On the road: collecting bloods and stories -- 7 Scientific imaginaries and their publics -- 8 Big Biology then and now: the trouble with GWAS -- Conclusion: Big Biology and scientific revolutions.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    PP.F
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  • 9781138999985
  • 1138999989