Are common, harmful, heritable mental disorders common relative to other such non-mental disorders, and does their frequency require a special explanation?
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Published:2006-08
Issue:4
Volume:29
Page:415-416
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ISSN:0140-525X
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Container-title:Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Behav Brain Sci
Author:
Mayo Oliver,Leach Carolyn
Abstract
Keller & Miller's (K&M's) conclusion appears to be correct; namely, that common, harmful, heritable mental disorders are largely maintained at present frequencies by mutation-selection balance at many different loci. However, their “paradox” is questionable.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Physiology,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology