The Gene Illusion: Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the MicroscopeIn a provocative challenge to current genetic theories about mental health, a clinical psychologist practicing in the San Francisco Bay area critiques the research cited to support a biologically-based psychiatry. Joseph particularly questions the validity of twin studies in relation to psychiatric disorders, IQ, and criminal behaviors, and makes m |
Contents
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An Environmentally Confounded Research Technique | 67 |
Genetic Studies of Twins Reared Apart A Critical Review | 97 |
A Measure of Inheritance or Inherently Misleading? | 137 |
Overview | 155 |
Adoption Studies | 195 |
Chapter 8 Is Crime in the Genes? A Critical Review of Twin and Adoption Studies of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior | 275 |
Chapter 9 Genetics and IQ | 305 |
An Exercise in Futility? | 321 |
Chapter 11 Where Do we Go From Here? | 337 |
References | 349 |
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