Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology

The Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology (환경독성보건학회)
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What is Environmental Disease? - Psychiatric Perspectives -

환경성 질환이란 무엇인가? - 정신과적 관점 -

  • Kim, Jae-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 김재원 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2010.10.15
  • Accepted : 2010.12.14
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

In this review, we give an overview of psychiatric perspectives on environmental disease. The concept of genetic heritability and its meaning with regard to environmental risk factors will be discussed. Recent ideas of gene-environment interaction and neurodevelopmental disorder in psychiatry will also be introduced. This article discusses the environmental risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, the two major environmental diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders in psychiatry. Given that both ADHD and autism are complex conditions, the etiology is likely to involve multiple genes of moderate effect interacting with environmental factors. We will introduce recent environmental issues related to these two disorders.

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