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Epigenetics: An Emerging Challenge to Genetic Determinism in Studies of Mental Health and Illness.

The article examines the manner in which genetic determinism is being challenged within epigenetics as related to the fields of mental health and mental illness. Genetic determinism is defined as the belief that genes determine physical and behavioral phenotypes. Topics of discussion include the fie...

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Published in:Social Alternatives Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 14 - 22
Main Author: CANNING, CHRISTOPHER
Format: Article
Published: Social Alternatives 2008 Fourth Quarter
Subjects:
Genetic determinism
Mental health
Pathological psychology
Social sciences
Psychiatric research
Epigenesis
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost