Mood Genes

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Advance praise for Mood Genes
"From Mendel's peas to the 'riflips' and 'lod scores' that speak to researchers today, Samuel Barondes traces the search for genes that predispose people to mania and depression. Himself a scientist of the highest caliber, Barondes has a talent for making the complex comprehensible and allowing readers access to a medical detective story that is taking leaps forward in our time." —Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave?
"Barondes does the impossible and does so flawlessly. He tells the story of mood disorders, mania and depression, through warm narratives of specific families, interweaving these with vivid explanations of the latest research breakthroughs. . . . Mood Genes captivates the reader and flows with the excitement of a murder mystery. It is a must-read and a fun-read."
—Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., author of Drugs and the Brain, Director, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Advance praise for Mood Genes
"From Mendel's peas to the 'riflips' and 'lod scores' that speak to researchers today, Samuel Barondes traces the search for genes that predispose people to mania and depression. Himself a scientist of the highest caliber, Barondes has a talent for making the complex comprehensible and allowing readers access to a medical detective story that is taking leaps forward in our time." —Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave?
"Barondes does the impossible and does so flawlessly. He tells the story of mood disorders, mania and depression, through warm narratives of specific families, interweaving these with vivid explanations of the latest research breakthroughs. . . . Mood Genes captivates the reader and flows with the excitement of a murder mystery. It is a must-read and a fun-read."
—Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., author of Drugs and the Brain, Director, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Reports on how genes affect our mental lives are frequently in the news, but without the context to make them understandable. In this remarkably approachable and much needed book, the reader will learn not only the fascinating story of the hunt for genes that influence mood, but also how to evaluate the many ongoing attempts to discover genes that affect other aspects of human behavior."
—Steven E. Hyman, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health, coauthor of The Molecular Foundations of Psychiatry
''Mood Genes is Barondes at his best. Crisp writing dissects this complex story with precision and excitement. The reader is drawn into the hunt as Dr. Barondes skillfully navigates the highways, the byways—and the blind alleys—that make the search for mood genes so fascinating to each of us."
—Peter C. Whybrow, M.D., author of A Mood Apart: Depression, Mania, and Other Afflictions of Self, Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA
"Mood Genes is a lucid and riveting account of scientific discovery, adaptations and pathologies of mood, and complex ethical issues. Dr. Barondes has written an excellent book."
—Kay Redfield Jamison, author of An Unquiet Mind, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Vissza