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My topic “genetics of psychogenic diseases” seems to be contradictory; Psychogenic I call such diseases in which the psychosocial environmental influences play a considerable aetiopathogenetic part. Such are more precisely: the diseases according to ICD 300 to 307 (WHO, 8th rev.), i.e. psychoneuroses, personality disorders, sexual deviations, alcohol and drug dependence as well as various psychosomatic disorders.
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A. Heigl-Evers and H. Schepank: “Ursprünge seelische bedingter Krankheiten”. (1980/81) 2 Vol., Vandenheock and Ruprecht, Göttingen, Zürich
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Schepank, H. (1985). Genetics of Psychogenic Diseases. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Biological Psychiatry, Higher Nervous Activity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8329-1_14
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