Implications of genetic research for child psychiatry.
OBJECTIVE
To review implications of genetic research in child psychiatry.


METHODS
Key advances in quantitative and molecular genetics are noted and findings are summarized with respect to autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant and conduct disorders, depression, schizophrenia, and Tourette's syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
Genetic findings will be helpful clinically in the elucidation of disordered brain processes, the understanding of nature-nurture interplay, diagnosis, genetic counselling, and pharmacotherapy.
Rutter
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Medical Research Council Child Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England.
D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005823:Genetics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment