Advances in quantitative and molecular genetics
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Developments in quantitative and molecular genetics have strengthened the indications that genetic factors play a vital role in the causation of psychiatric disorder in children. These developments have also served as a warning about some of the assumptions of genetic strategies and some of the increasingly vehement assertions that environmental factors have very little impact. It has become clear that there will probably never prove to be a single gene for any psychiatric condition. A single gene will probably have only a limited impact, with this impact being influenced by environmental factors.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1999
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Quasi-autistic patterns following severe early global privation
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Eleven children with possible autistic features were selected from a group of 165 children from Romania who were adopted by families from the United Kingdom. The high prevalence of autistic behavior cannot be explained by the children having been institutionalized as a result of being handicapped. The casues may be linked to stress, malnutrition or sensory and social privation such as lack of conversation. The prognosis may be better for such children than is usual.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1999
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The Emanuel Miller memorial lecture 1998 Autism: Two-way interplay between research and clinical work
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Research is important in clinical practice in all areas, including child psychiatry. The ongoing interplay between research and clinical practice is considered in relation to the disorder of autism. There has been a transformation in clinical practice with autism, and worthwhile improvements have been made by research and practice working together, with careful attention to empirical research findings.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 1999
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