Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Quick PollWhat do you feel the relationship is between genetics, environment, and psychopathology? Genetics is a far more important contributor to most psychiatric disorders than environment.Environment is a far more important contributor to most psychiatric disorders than genetics.Environment can "remodel" genes and genetic expression so that genes and environment are very intertwined.Genes and environmental influences are still so poorly understood that they are not relevant to practice.Please be sure to read the article by Dr. Bagot and colleagues regarding epigenetics and the biological basis of gene x environment in the August issue of JAACAP.
Quick Poll
What do you feel the relationship is between genetics, environment, and psychopathology?
Genetics is a far more important contributor to most psychiatric disorders than environment.Environment is a far more important contributor to most psychiatric disorders than genetics.Environment can "remodel" genes and genetic expression so that genes and environment are very intertwined.Genes and environmental influences are still so poorly understood that they are not relevant to practice.
Please be sure to read the article by Dr. Bagot and colleagues regarding epigenetics and the biological basis of gene x environment in the August issue of JAACAP.
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