The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype
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Schizophrenia and Genetics: The End of An Illusion
This book comes from Jay Joseph. The publishers say: “Schizophrenia is a widely investigated psychiatric condition, and though there have been claims of gene ”associations,’ decades of molecular genetic studies have failed to produce confirmed causative genes. In this book, Joseph…
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Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?
“As I researched this book, I came to realise that there were actually two separate stories that needed telling. One was the story of biological psychiatry, with its emphasis on bio-genetic explanations for mental illness and somatic remedies, and the…
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The Trouble with Twin Studies: A Reassessment of the Research
Schizophrenia Genetic Research is Running on Empty
Featuring a Mad In America radio interview (35 minutes) with Dr. Jay Joseph, a clinical psychologist and author who brings a critical perspective to claims in the media and the academic literature that disordered genes underlie psychiatric disorders. His most…
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