Textbook of biological psychiatry / edited by Jaak Panksepp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Panksepp, Jaak, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (725 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Textbook of Biological Psychiatry integrates the basic science concerning brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders alongside surveys of present standard clinical treatment. Organized in a coherent and easy to follow structure, chapters expand across different levels of analysis, from basic mechanisms to clinical practice. This comprehensive reference provides an integrative treatment of the biochemistry of neurotransmission, behavioral pharmacology, and clinical aspects of psychiatric problems including depression, manic-depression, and mood disorders. Other chapters address the..

Contents:

TEXTBOOK OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Part I FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS; 1 BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY SKETCHED-PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE; Overture; Historical Overview; Three Giants of the First Half of the 20th Century; Three Great Phases of 20th-Century American Psychiatry; About 1910-1940: The Meyerian Synthesis of a Holistic Psychobiology; World War II through the 1970's: The Psychoanalytic Era; Ultrapositivistic Psychopharmacology Era (1970-Present); Dilemma of Psychiatric Diagnostics: DSMs and Beyond; Functions of Diagnostics

From Pathophysiology to Pathogenesis Perennial Problem: Distinguishing Affective and Cognitive Processes; Coda: Intersection of 20th-Century Forces Leading to a 21st-Century Synthesis; References; 2 IMAGING HUMAN EMOTIONS AND AFFECTIVE FEELINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; On the Nature of Emotions; Emotional Changes Following Brain Damage; Neuroimaging Studies of Emotion; Brain Changes as a Function of Emotional States; Reciprocity of Human Cortico-Limbic Activity; Basic Emotional Operating Systems of the Brain: Animal Studies

Generating Emotional Feelings through Upper Brainstem-Limbic and Cortical Interactions Conclusions and Some Psychiatric Implications; References; 3 NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY; Introduction; Dualism versus Emergent Properties; Nosology: Core versus Extended Consciousness; Classical Work on the Neural Substrates of Consciousness; Recent Work on the Neural Substrates of Consciousness: Brief Overview of Anatomical, Connectivity, Neuromodulatory, and Neurodynamic Aspects

Case Study 1: Delirium-A Common Disorder of Attentional Function and Working Memory Neuroanatomical Systems and Consciousness-Basic Lesion/Functional Correlates; Thalamic Systems; Cortical Systems; Two Case Studies of Mesodiencephalic Lesions; Neurodynamic Aspects of Consciousness; Summary Heuristics/Questions for Future Research; References; 4 STRESS, SLEEP, AND SEXUALITY IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; Introduction; Theoretical Framework for Understanding Stress Responsive Systems; Diathesis-Stress Models; Stress Responsive Systems; Integrative Role for Brain Cytokines

Sexuality and the Passions of the Brain Sleep, Stress and the Restoration of Brain and Mind; References; 5 PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS; Overview; What Are Personality Disorders?; What Is Personality?; How Are Personality Disorders And Personality Related?; What Leads to "Disordered Personality"?; How Can "Disordered Personality" Be Treated?; Summary; Postscript: A View to the Future; References; 6 FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING IN PSYCHIATRY; Introduction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; PET and SPECT; Studies of Cerebral Metabolism and Blood Flow; Neurotransmitter Imaging Studies

Future Directions and Challenges

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610344109

9781280344107

1280344105

9780470248751

0470248750

9780471468981

0471468983

9780471468974

0471468975

OCLC:

54712476