V predlagaemoy vnimaniyu chitatel'skoy auditorii monografii osveshcheny sovremennye dannye zarubezhnoy literatury, a takzhe predstavleny rezul'taty sobstvennykh issledovaniy po izucheniyu roli molekulyarno-geneticheskikh narusheniy neyronal'nykh proteinaz v patofiziologicheskikh protsessakkh pri sotsial'no znachimykh psikhicheskikh i povedencheskikh rasstroystvakh. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno vyyavleniyu assotsiatsiy razlichnykh polimorfnykh variantov genov proteinkinaz fosfatidilinozitol-4-fosfat-5-kinazy tip 2 al'fa (PIP5K2A), syvorotko- i glyukokortikoid-indutsiruemoy kinazy 1 (SGK1) i kinazy glikogensintazy-3ß (GSK-3ß) s razvitiem shizofrenii, depressivnykh rasstroystv i alkogolizma. Kniga prednaznachena dlya spetsialistov, rabotayushchikh v oblasti neyronauk, biologicheskoy psikhiatrii i narkologii, studentov meditsinskikh i biologicheskikh fakul'tetov.