Biological risk factors for psychosocial disorders / edited by Michael Rutter, Paul Casaer.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

xvii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Outgrowth of a workshop organized by the European Science Foundation Network on Longitudinal Studies on Individual Development, held in Como in Oct. 1989

Includes bibliographic references and index

Structural abnormalities of the brain in developmental disorders / G. Lyon and J.-F. Gadisseux -- Developmental disorders and structural brain development / R. Goodman -- Relation between maturation of neurotransmitter systems in the human brain and psychosocial disorders / D.F. Swaab -- Chromosomal abnormalities / M.E. Pembrey -- Genetic risk and psychosocial disorders : links between the normal and abnormal / R. Plomin -- Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for psycho-social development / P. Casaer, L. de Vries and N. Marlow -- Metabolic/endocrine disorders and psychological functioning / P. Fuggle and P. Graham -- Toxins and allergens / E. Taylor -- The long-term psychosocial sequelae of specific developmental disorders of speech and language / M. Rutter and L. Mawhood - - Reproductive hormones / J. Bancroft -- Epilepsy and anticonvulsive drugs / H.-Ch. Steinhausen and C. Rauss-Mason.