Genetic Epidemiology in Child Psychiatric Nursing Tourette's Syndrome as a Model.

Autor: SCAHILL, LAWRENCE, ORT, SHARON, HARDIN, MAUREEN
Zdroj: Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing; Oct1991, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p154-161, 8p
Abstrakt: Recent discoveries in the field of molecular biology and increased attention to genetic epidemiology have stimulated renewed interest in the genetics of psychiatric disorders. Tourette's syndrome, a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by motor and phonic tics, is used as a model to describe the research strategies employed in the genetic epidemiology of child psychiatric disorders. The relevance of genetic research findings to child psychiatric nursing is also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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