Biological risk factors for psychosocial disorders / edited by Michael Rutter, Paul Casaer.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

xvii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Outgrowth of a workshop organized by the European Science Foundation Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development, held in Como in Oct. 1989

Structural abnormalities of the brain in developmental disorders / G. Lyon and J.-F. Gadisseux -- Developmental disorders and structural brain development / R. Goodman -- Relation between maturation of neurotransmitter systems in the human brain and psychosocial disorders / D.F. Swaab -- Chromosomal abnormalities / M.E. Pembrey -- Genetic risk and psychosocial disorders : links between the normal and abnormal / R. Plomin -- Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for psycho-social development / P. Casaer, L. de Vries and N. Marlow -- Metabolic/endocrine disorders and psychological functioning / P. Fuggle and P. Graham -- Toxins and allergens / E. Taylor -- The long-term psychosocial sequelae of specific developmental disorders of speech and language / M. Rutter and L. Mawhood - - Reproductive hormones / J. Bancroft -- Epilepsy and anticonvulsive drugs / H.-Ch. Steinhausen and C. Rauss-Mason.

Includes bibliographic references and index