Biological psychiatry / edited by E. Edward Bittar, Neville Bittar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bittar, E. Edward.

Bittar, Neville.

Series:

Principles of medical biology ; v. 14.

Principles of medical biology ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological psychiatry.

Brain--Pathophysiology.

Brain.

Psychology, Pathological.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (663 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stamford, Conn. : JAI Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is now widely recognised that biological psychiatry is rapidly coming into its own. For over the last three decades dramatic advances in this young discipline have been made, all of which attest to the staying power of the experimental method. Those who made this revolution in knowledge happen are a breed of investigators availing themselves of the tools of molecular biology, pharmacology, genetics, and perhaps, above all, the technology of neuroimaging. The introduction of the interdisciplinary method of approach to the study of psychopathology had made it very clear that neuroimaging, as

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Consciousness; Chapter 2. Emotional Circuits of the Mammalian Brain: Implications for Biological Psychiatry; Chapter 3. The Sexual Brain; Chapter 4. The Biology of Personality; Chapter 5. The Biology of Aggression; Chapter 6. Psychological Aspects of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity; Chapter 7. Stress and the Immune System; Chapter 8. Fear and Anxiety Mechanisms of the Brain: Clinical Implications; Chapter 9. Biological Aspects of Depression; Chapter 10. Psychobiology of Suicidal Behavior; Chapter 11. Bipolar Disorder

Chapter 12. The Biological Basis of SchizophreniaChapter 13. Heterogeneity of Schizophrenia: Diagnostic and Etiological Approaches; Chapter 14. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: General Principles; Chapter 15. Major Disorders in Child Psychiatry; Chapter 16. Child Sexual Abuse; Chapter 17. Hereditary and Acquired Mental Retardation; Chapter 18. Autism; Chapter 19. Personality Disorders; Chapter 20. Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse, and Alcohol Dependence; Chapter 21. Homelessness and Mental Illness; Chapter 22. Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

Chapter 23. Antidepressant and Anxiolytic DrugsChapter 24. Lithium Use in Clinical Practice; Chapter 25. Antipsychotic Drugs; Chapter 26. Introduction to Electroconvulsive Therapy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-07182-X

9786611071820

0-08-052800-7

OCLC:

476115198