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Abuse,
38–40
as a risk factor for personality disorders,
122
ADHD,
xix, 65–70
age at onset,
67
alcoholism and,
108
boundaries of,
65–67
construct of,
66
description in DSM-5,
65
diagnosis of,
66
environmental stressors of,
68–69
gene-environment interactions of,
69–70
genetic predispositions of,
67–68
personality disorders and,
121
prevalence of,
66
symptoms in adulthood,
67
Adoption studies
. See also Twins
of alcoholism,
107
criticisms of,
24
genetics and,
23–24
Alcoholism
. See also Substance-related and addictive disorders
ADHD and,
108
early onset of,
108
genetic predisposition to,
107
risk for,
108
sex prevalence of,
109
ALSPAC
. See Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Alzheimer’s disease,
52, 143
Anorexia nervosa
as a culture-bound syndrome,
102
genetic predispositions to,
101–102
history of,
101
psychosocial risk factors for,
102–103
Antidepressants, for treatment of depression,
132
Antisocial personality disorder
description of,
114
prevalence of,
142
social factors and,
123
Anxiety disorders,
xx
environmental stressors in,
90–91
genetic predisposition to,
89–90
overview,
89
personality disorders and,
125
Attachment theory,
91
Autism spectrum disorder,
40
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC),
48
Balanced polymorphism,
21
Behavioral genetics,
22
antisocial,
41
implications for psychiatry,
24
Biomedical model,
57
Bipolar disorders
gender and,
86
heritability,
77
Borderline personality disorder (BPD),
39
description of,
113
dialectical behavior therapy for treatment of,
137
treatment model for,
139
twin studies of,
119
BPD
. See Borderline personality disorder
British Cohort Study,
48
Bulimia nervosa
genetic predispositions to,
103–104
predisposition to,
104
psychosocial risk factors for,
104
Burghölzli,
5
Cannabis, schizophrenia and,
75
Caspi, Avshalom,
48–49
Childhood
ADHD age at onset,
67
born during the Dutch famine of 1944–45,
77
causal explanations for development of mental disorders,
33–34
diversity,
xiv
early separation or loss as a risk factor for personality disorders,
120
latent variables for development of mental disorders in,
33–34
longitudinal studies of birth cohorts,
47–48
losses in,
86
protective influences on,
35, 36–37
as risk factor for mental illness,
76
risk factors for development of mental disorders in,
33–34
social anxiety in,
90
trauma, abuse, and neglect in,
38–40
as a risk factor for personality disorders,
120
trauma and PTSD,
96–99
vulnerability,
37
Children in the Community (CIC) Study,
47
Child sexual abuse (CSA),
97
CIC
. See Children in the Community Study
Cognitive-behavioral therapy,
138
“Combat fatigue,”
93–94, 95. See also Posttraumatic stress disorder
Conduct disorder,
70–71
environmental predictors of,
71
genetic factors and,
71
as heritable,
70
prevalence of,
70
Conners Clinical Index,
66
Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales,
66
Coping, resilience and,
35
CSA
. See Child sexual abuse
Culture, substance abuse and,
111
Death
premature,
19
suicide,
41, 51
“Decade of the brain,”
vii
Depression,
xx
boundaries of,
79–81
clinical implications of,
131–134
comorbidities,
79, 82
gene-environment interactions in,
86–87
genetic predispositions for,
81–83
genetic threshold for,
53
interpersonal loss and,
83–85
melancholic type of,
80–81
neuroticism and,
87
nonmelancholic type of,
80–82
persistent,
82
personality and,
133
prevalence of,
86, 142
role of stressors in,
83–86
sex-linked genetic factors of,
86
symptoms of,
79
treatment of,
132, 133
“treatment-resistant,”
7, 8
Developmental cascades,
33
Dialectical behavior therapy, for treatment of BPD,
137
Disease
chronic,
17–19
etiology of,
18
genetic evolution and,
20–21
genetic susceptibility to,
18
Divorce,
120
DNA
noncoding,
25
testing for risk levels of disease,
19
Dopamine
regulation of,
38–39
schizophrenia and,
74
DSM
. See also Research Domain Criteria
ADHD description in DSM-5,
65
classification of personality disorders,
114
comorbidity of diagnoses,
57
correlation with biological markers,
28
criteria for validity of psychiatric diagnoses,
58
diagnosis of MDD,
80
diagnostic validity of,
57–58
limits of,
55–57
overview,
55
as transdiagnostic system of diagnosis,
49–50
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study,
48
conduct disorder and,
71
Eating disorders,
xx
anorexia nervosa,
101–103
bulimia nervosa,
103–104
gene-environment interactions in,
104–105
prevalence of,
102
sexual selection and,
103
ECT
. See Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),
6
ENCODE consortium,
25
Endophenotypes,
28
Environment
. See also Stress
effect on human traits,
23
equal assumptions of,
22
genetic susceptibility to chronic disease,
18
personality disorders and,
116–117
risk factors for schizophrenia,
75–77
risk factors for substance abuse,
109–111
shared,
23
stressors,
xix
for ADHD,
68–69
in anxiety disorders,
90–91
early experience and personality,
32–34
nature of psychological stressors,
37–38
risk and,
31–32
studies of environmental stressors in OCD,
92
trauma, abuse, and neglect and,
38–40
twin studies and,
23
unshared,
23
Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study,
50
Epigenetics
description of,
16
studies,
50–51
“Equifinality,”
44
European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood,
48
Family
breakdown of,
33, 120
dysfunction of,
37–38
history,
21–22
of depression,
81
research on,
119
role in anorexia nervosa,
102
studies of depressive disorders,
83
Faraone, S.V.,
70
Five-Factor Model,
115
Freud, Sigmund,
6–7, 33
GAD
. See Generalized anxiety disorder
Gene-environment interaction model,
xvii. See also Nature-nurture
additive genetic and environmental effects,
45
ADHD and,
69–70
clinical implications of psychopathology,
129–130
continuum between health and illness,
51–53
correlations,
45
in depression,
86–87
differential sensitivity,
45
in eating disorders,
104–105
emergence,
53
epigenetic studies,
50–51
etiological research application,
143–144
examples of,
47
forms of interactions,
xix
genetic control of exposure to the environment,
45
“heritability gap,”
53
longitudinal studies of birth cohorts,
47–48
longitudinal studies of twins,
50
network model approach,
44
“orchids” and”dandelions,”
47, 98
of personality disorders,
123–125
personality traits and,
45–46
of PTSD,
94–96
reductionism and emergence in,
53–54
relationship between traits and disorders,
44–45
for schizophrenia,
77
sex distribution of,
52
in substance abuse,
112
susceptibility to environment,
45
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD),
89–90
comorbidities,
90
Genetics
. See also Natural selection
adoption studies,
23–24
alcoholism and,
109
balanced polymorphism,
21
behavioral,
22
constraints on individual development,
135
in development of mental pathology,
9
endophenotypes,
28
environmental reduction in psychiatry and,
134–136
evolution and human disease,
20–21
family history and,
21–22
genes regulating serotonin and dopamine,
38–39
genetic association,
25
genome-wide association studies,
26–27
heritability and chronic disease,
17–19
implications of behavioral genetics for psychiatry,
24
implications of genetic research for psychiatry,
27–29
individual differences and,
16–17
lack of control of,
144
linkage,
25
Mendelian heredity,
21
model fitting,
22
overview of predispositions,
15–16
“pleiomorphic” traits,
20
predispositions and,
xviii, 89–90
to alcoholism,
112
for personality disorders,
118–119
to substance use,
107–109
psychopathology factor,
28–29
replication crisis,
26
risk factors for schizophrenia,
73–75
susceptibility and,
12–13
susceptibility to chronic disease,
18
traits within a population,
22
transdiagnostic measures,
28–29
transmission,
21
trinucleotide repeats,
20
twin samples to measure heritability,
21–23
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS),
26–27
conduct disorder and,
70–71
Gout,
52
Great Smoky Mountains Study,
47
Grief,
85
Guze, Samuel,
58
GWAS
. See Genome-wide association studies
Heritability
chronic disease and,
17–19
description of,
21–23
“gap”/“missing,”
53
genetic predisposition for depression,
81–83
Mendelian,
21
“missing,”
25
of personality,
23, 115
predisposition to mental disorders,
43, 142–143
using twin samples for measurement,
21–23
Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP),
56
HiTOP
. See Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology
HIV infection, genetic resistance to developing,
19
Holism, description of,
130
Holocaust,
40
Human Connectome Project,
61. See also Research Domain Criteria
Human genome, development of,
25–26
Huntington’s disease,
20
Hypertension,
51–52
ICD-11, diagnosis of PTSD,
97
Insulin therapy,
6
International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative (IOCDF-GC),
91
IOCDF-GC
. See International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Genetics Collaborative
IQ,
11
Why Am I?: The Science of Us,
48
Kandel, Eric,
6, 29
Kendler, Kenneth,
50
Kraepelin, Emil,
5, 28
neo-Kraepelian model,
60
Life span
adverse life events,
31–32
genetics and,
19
Locke, John,
10
Major depressive disorder (MDD)
diagnosis of,
132
DSM-5 diagnosis of,
80–81
Marxism,
10, 11
Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability, and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) cohort,
38–39
MAVAN
. See Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability, and Neurodevelopment cohort
MDD
. See Major depressive disorder
Meaney, Michael,
38, 51
Medications
clinical implications of,
129
treatment-resistant to,
7, 8, 134
Melancholia,
6
Mental disorders
. See also DSM; Gene-environment interaction model
ADHD,
65–70
conduct disorder and,
xix
anxiety disorders,
89–91
obsessive compulsive disorder and,
xx
bipolar disorders,
77
childhood risk factors and causal explanations for development of,
33–34, 76
clinical implications of,
129–139
biological reductionism in psychiatry,
130–131
environmental reductionism in psychiatry,
134–136
treatment of major depression,
131–134
conduct disorder,
70–71
depression,
7, 8, 53, 79–88
depressive disorders,
xx
diagnostic inflation of,
59
eating disorders,
xx
anorexia nervosa,
101–103
bulimia nervosa,
103–104
generalized anxiety disorder,
89–90
genetic factors in development of,
9
heritable,
24
latent variables in childhood explanations for development of,
33–34
mood disorders,
80
“moral treatment” of the insane,
5
obsessive-compulsive disorder,
xx, 91–92
panic disorder, 90
personality disorders,
xx–xxi, 113–125
treatment of,
136–139
posttraumatic stress disorder,
xx
predisposition to,
43, 135, 142
prevalence of,
41
PTSD,
93–99
schizophrenia,
xx, 73–78
sex distribution of,
52
substance-related and addictive disorders,
xx, 107–112
traits, disorders, and adaptation of,
58–59
unemployment and,
40
Meyer, Adolf,
43
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,
56
Minnesota Twin Family Study,
50
Models
. See also Conduct disorder; Gene-environment interaction model
biomedical model,
57
Five-Factor Model,
115
gene-environment model of personality disorders,
123–125
gene-environment model of PTSD,
94–96
model fitting,
22
neo-Kraepelinian model,
60
promotion of psychological models,
5
of temperament,
115–116
theoretical models of biological reductionism,
xvi
treatment model for BPD,
139
“two-hit model” of carcinogenesis,
12
Moffitt, Terrie,
48–49
Mood disorders,
80
National Child Development Study,
48
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
59
National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Study of Depression,
132
National Survey of Health and Development,
48
Natural selection,
13. See also Genetics
description of,
15–16
evolution and human disease and,
20–21
Nature-nurture
. See also Gene-environment interaction model
biopsychosocial model of,
xiii
clinical implications of,
xxi, 139
description of,
xi
dichotomy of,
xii
“gut reactions” to,
145
implications for prevention and research,
xxi, 141–145
integration of,
145
modern medicine and,
11–13
in nineteenth-century psychiatry,
4–5
social sciences and,
10–11
in twentieth-century psychiatry,
5–7
in twenty-first-century psychiatry,
7–10
Neglect,
38–40
Neo-Kraepelian model,
60
“Neo-Kraepelinian” school,
5
Neuroticism, as a risk factor for personality disorders,
87, 122
NIMH
. See National Institute of Mental Health
Obesity,
102. See also Eating disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
xx, 91–92
OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies (OCGAS),
91. See Obsessive-compulsive disorder
OCGAS
. See OCD Collaborative Genetics Association Studies
Opioid dependence,
111
“Oriental flush,”
108
Panic disorder,
90, 91
Parental Bonding Index,
121
Parents
abnormal parenting as a risk factor for personality disorders,
120
blame for life problems,
120
loss of,
86
responses to children,
39
Personality
depression and,
133
dimensions,
115
early experience and,
32–34
effects of negative life events and,
95
extraversion-introversion of,
17
gene-environment interaction model and,
45
heritability of,
23, 115
stress and resilience,
36–37
substance abuse and traits of,
111
temperament and,
115–117
traits
as alternative evolutional strategies,
118
defined,
115
of siblings,
116
variance in,
117
Personality disorders,
xx–xxi
ADHD and,
121
antisocial personality disorder,
114
anxiety disorders and,
125
“autonomous,”
82
BPD,
113
Cluster A,
125
Cluster B,
117, 125
comorbidities,
82
description of,
113
diagnosis and classification of,
113–114
DSM classification of,
114
environmental factors and,
116–117
gene-environment model of,
123–125
genetic predispositions for,
118–119
personality traits and,
114–116, 117–118
progression from traits to disorders,
114–115
psychological risk factors in,
119–122
abnormal parenting,
120–121
childhood trauma,
121–122
early separation or loss,
120
overview,
119–120
social factors in,
123
“sociotropic,”
82
treatment of,
136–139
psychotherapy and,
136–139
P factor
. See Psychopathology factor
Pharmacology, in twenty-first-century psychiatry,
7–10
Pinel, Philippe,
5
Pinker, S.,
11, 15
“Pleiomorphic” traits,
20
Politics,
11
Polygenic risk score (PRS),
27, 74
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
xx
acute,
96
childhood trauma and,
96–99
chronic,
96
combat exposure of,
93–94, 95
comorbidities and,
94
construct of,
93–94
description of,
94
development of,
39, 93, 95
diagnosis of,
93–94
gene-environment model of,
94–96
genetic predisposition to,
95
history of,
93–94
ICD-11 diagnosis of,
97
symptoms of,
93–94
twin studies,
95
PRS
. See Polygenic risk score
Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium,
65
Psychiatrists, “directive-organic” versus”analytic-psychological,”
3
Psychiatry
. See also Research Domain Criteria
clinical implications of reductionism i
environmental,
134–136
clinical implications of reductionism in,
130–131
DSM criteria for diagnosis,
132
evidence-based practice,
xiii, xviii
evolutionary,
20
gene-environment interaction theory,
xvii
historical overview,
xviii, 3–13
biological versus ideological,
4
evolutionary psychology and,
10
nature and nurture, modern medicine and,
11–13
in nineteenth-century psychiatry,
4–5
in twentieth-century psychiatry,
5–7
in twenty-first-century psychiatry,
7–10
“neo-Kraepelian” school,
5
politics and,
11
social sciences and,
10–11
implications of behavioral genetics for,
24
implications of genetic research for,
27–29
predisposition to mental illness,
142
unsolved diagnostic problems,
xix
Psychoanalysis
history of,
5–7
institutional structure of,
6
as ”talking cure,”
6
theory of,
6
Psychology, evolutionary,
10
Psychopathology,
xiv–xv
conditions for developing,
44
psychopathology factor,
50
risk factors for development of,
44
Psychopathology factor (p factor),
28–29, 50
Psychosocial environment,
vii–viii
Psychosurgery,
6
Psychotherapy
access to,
8
for treatment of personality disorders,
136–139
PTSD
. See Posttraumatic stress disorder
RDoC
. See Research Domain Criteria
Reductionism, biological,
xv–xvii
clinical implications in psychiatry,
130–131
description of,
130
history of,
xvi, 9–10
theoretical models of,
xvi
“two cultures” of,
xv–xvi
Reductionism, environmental, clinical implications in psychiatry,
134–136
Replication crisis,
26
Research Domain Criteria (RDoC),
53. See also DSM; Human Connectome Project
description of,
59–62
as ”precision medicine,”
62
“units of analysis,”
60–61
Resilience
. See also Stress
to adversity,
37
coping mechanisms and,
35
long-term effects of environmental stressors,
36
personality and stress,
36–37
sources of,
31–32
stress and,
34–36
Robins, Eli,
58
Rutter, Michael,
xvii, 39, 48
Spetrière,
5
Scarr, S.,
11
Schizophrenia,
xx
biopsychosocial study of,
77
cannabis and,
75
environmental risk factors,
75–77
“expressed emotion” with,
76
gender and,
74
gene-environment interactions,
77
genetic markers and,
144
genetic risk factors,
73–75
genome-wide association studies of,
74
immigration and,
76–77
polygenic risk score,
74
schizotypal personality and,
73
severity of,
75–76
social factors and,
76
symptoms of,
75
Serotonin, regulation of,
38–40
Siblings
personality traits of,
116
sibling-pair method,
25–26
Simpson, Wallis,
102
Social anxiety,
90
in personality disorders,
123
Social disintegration,
123
Social integration,
123
Social sciences, nature-nurture and,
10–11
Sowell, Thomas,
11
Spitzer, Robert,
57–58
Stress
. See also Environment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience
definition of,
94
negative consequences of,
34–35
personality and resilience,
36–37
psychological stressors and,
37–38
resilience and,
34–36
role of stressors in depression,
83–86
social stressors,
40–41, 86, 142
stressors for ADHD,
68–69
studies of environmental stressors in OCD,
92
Substance-related and addictive disorders,
xx
environmental risk factors for substance abuse,
109–111
genes and environment in substance abuse,
112
genetic predispositions to substance use,
107–109
“oriental flush,”
108
overview,
107
personality traits and,
111
prevalence of,
142
sociocultural factors in substance use,
111–112
Suicide,
41, 51
Systemic lupus erythematosus,
52
Temperament,
115–117
impulsive,
138
psychotherapy and,
138
Trauma
. See also Posttraumatic stress disorder
childhood,
38–40
PTSD and,
96–99
as a risk factor for personality disorders,
120
definition of,
94
intergenerational transmission of,
98
long-term effects of,
95
severity of,
95
short-term effects of,
95
Tremblay, Richard,
110
Trinucleotide repeats,
20
Tuberculosis, etiology of,
45
Twins
. See also Adoption studies
longitudinal studies of,
50
monozygotic,
16, 50, 51
studies of alcoholism,
108
studies of BPD,
119
studies of depression,
81, 83
studies of generalized anxiety disorder,
89–90
studies of OCD,
92
studies of PTSD,
95
using genetic samples for measurement of heritability,
21–23
validity of studies of,
23
Uher, Rudolph,
48, 54
Vermont Longitudinal Study,
76
Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development,
50
Whitehall study,
40
Wilson, E.O.,
10

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