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The Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre: its origins, conception and initial accomplishments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2004

MICHAEL RUTTER  and
PETER McGUFFIN
MICHAEL RUTTER
Affiliation:
SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
PETER McGUFFIN
Affiliation:
SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
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Abstract

Background. The Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre was established by the Medical Research Council, in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, in 1994.

Method and Results. The paper describes the origins of the Centre; the reasons why a new initiative was needed in the early 1990s; the thinking that led to the proposal for a major interdisciplinary research centre that integrated social, genetic and developmental research perspectives; the approach to international recruitment of world leaders; and the initial research accomplishments with respect to the basic goal of understanding nature-nurture interplay.

Conclusions. The structure and interdisciplinary approach of the Centre have proved a success and the initial accomplishments have begun to meet the objectives of showing how nature-nurture interplay is involved in the development of psychiatric disorders.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 34 , Issue 5 , July 2004 , pp. 933 - 947
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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