The human illnesses : neuropsychiatric disorders and the nature of the human brain / Peter C. Williamson, John M. Allman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Peter, 1953- author.

Allman, John Morgan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness.

Nervous system--Diseases.

Nervous system.

Neuropsychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The genetic correlates of neuropsychiatric disorders are now known, but none have come close to explaining the great variety of human psychiatric illnesses. This volume, written by a neuropsychiatrist and an evolutionary biologist, offers a new paradigm for understanding these disorders. Proposing that neuronal pathways which underlie neuropsychiatric conditions mirror unique human capabilities, the authors iterate a new paradigm by which to understand human psychiatric illnesses. Human capabilities such as theory of mind, language, and complex social behaviors are explored through their histo

Contents:

Contents; Chapter 1 The Human Illnesses; John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911); Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926); Leo Kanner (1894-1981); Arnold Pick (1851-1924); Current DSM-IV-TR Classification; Debates About the Usefulness of Current Classifications; Could the Human Brain Tell Us Something About These Disorders?; Overview of the Volume; Chapter 2 Background on the Brain; Brain Development; Relevant Brain Regions; Neuronal Circuits Related to Learning New Behaviors; Neuronal Circuits Related to Emotional Regulation; Summary; Chapter 3 Unique Aspects of the Human Brain; The Emergence of Homo sapiens

Brain Size and MorphologyAre There Unique Cell Types?; Genetic Studies; Human Cognition Compared to Non-human Cognition; Consciousness; Summary; Chapter 4 Schizophrenia; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Electrophysiological Findings; Neurotransmitter Abnormalities; Neuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Schizophrenia, Increased Apolipoprotein L-1, and Resistance to Trypanosome Brain Infection; Overview; Chapter 5 Bipolar Disorders; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Psychophysiological Findings

Neurotransmitter AbnormalitiesNeuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Depression and Inflammation; Overview; Chapter 6 Autism, ADHD, and Anorexia Nervosa; Autism; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Anorexia Nervosa, Self-Awareness, and Autism Spectrum Disorders; Overview; Chapter 7 Frontotemporal Dementia; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Neuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Overview; Chapter 8 Self-Monitoring Systems; Brain Imaging Studies of Self-Awareness

Corollary Discharge SystemsTheory of Mind; Default Network; Overview; Chapter 9 Language Systems; The Nature of Language; Do Primates Have Language?; Imaging Language; Language Anomalies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Language Cannot Be Considered in Isolation; Chapter 10 Affective Processing and the Social Brain; Emotional Processing in Animals; Neurobiology of Emotions in Humans; The Social Brain; Self-Awareness, Empathy, and Intuition; Eating Together and the Complex Social Emotions; Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Genetic Imprinting; Overview

Chapter 11 Why Do We Have These Disorders?Representation in the Human Brain; Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Autism; Frontotemporal Dementia; Neuropsychiatric Disorders and the Representational Brain; Genetic Correlates; Overview; Chapter 12 Implications; The Search for Final Common Pathways; Should We Give Up on Gene Studies?; What Do Neuropsychiatric Disorders Tell Us About the Human Brain?; What About Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders?; The Default Network and the Representational Brain; The Representational Brain, Attentional Networks, and Human Awareness

How Do the Representational Brain Control Systems Work?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-970948-3

OCLC:

953436299