Routledge Psychiatric Genetics - Hereditary Madness to Big Biology

Explore the evolution of psychiatric genetics in this comprehensive study from Routledge. This book traces the transition of the field from its controversial beginnings and eugenic origins to its current state as Big Biology. It examines how research moved from contentious twin studies to a global network of laboratories using high-throughput genetic and genomic technologies. Readers will gain insight into how biological research on psychiatric disorders has transformed into an international, multidisciplinary assemblage of massive data resources. The text investigates how psychiatric genetics achieved this massive scale and how it is socially and epistemically organized. It also looks at how scientists navigate the politics of scale within this modern landscape. This work is essential for those interested in the intersection of genetics and society, providing a deep look at the structural and social organization of modern biological research.