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Genes and Behavior
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008; US$ 34.95In this major new book, eminent scientist Professor Sir Michael Rutter gets behind the hype of the behavioral genetics debate to provide a balanced and authoritative overview of the genetic revolution and its implications for understanding human behavior. Written by one of the world's leading figures in child psychology and psychiatry, Professor... more...
Genetic Effects on Environmental Vulnerability to Disease
Wiley 2008; US$ 114.95Much research has attempted to show direct linear relations between genes and disorder. However, scientists have been discouraged by inconsistent findings based on this simple gene-phenotype approach. The alternative approach is to incorporate information about the environment. A gene-environment interaction approach assumes that environmental pathogens... more...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2002; US$ 209.95A textbook on modern child psychiatry written for child psychiatrists and students of developmental psychopathology and child and adolescent psychiatry. more...
Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00This book explains the role of ethnicity in group differences across social and psychopathological settings. more...
Gene-Environment Interactions in Developmental Psychopathology
Guilford Publications 2011; US$ 52.00Bringing together foremost experts, this book reviews groundbreaking gene?environment research and explores implications for clinical practice, prevention, and public policy. Presented is cutting-edge work on the interplay of genetic factors and childhood experiences in the development of mental disorders such as depression, conduct disorder, and... more...
Youth in Cities
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 26.00Using both comparative evidence and case studies, this volume illustrates the common needs of youth throughout the world, despite the highly varied socio-cultural circumstances in which they develop, and makes a case for the role of youth as creative social assets and positive forces for social change. more...
Families Count
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 33.00This book is concerned with the question of how families matter in young people's development - a question of obvious interest and importance which has serious policy implication. A series of key current topics concerning families are examined by the top international scholars in the field. more...
Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00Why are females rarely antisocial and males antisocial so often? This is one of the key questions addressed in a fresh approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour. This book will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in antisocial behaviour. more...
Joining Society
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 34.00Socialization tends to be viewed within the confines of a particular geographical or cultural situation. The multi-national list of contributors brings an international perspective to the problem of socialization to work and to adult life, while at the same time emphasizing the common issues that face youth around the world. more...
Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Wiley 2009; US$ 328.00Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has become an established and accepted textbook of child psychiatry. Now completely revised and updated, the fifth edition provides a coherent appraisal of the current state of the field to help trainee and practising clinicians in their daily work. It is distinctive in being both interdisciplinary and... more...









