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Psychiatry as a neuroscience

edited by Juan José López-Ibor ... [et al.]

Wiley, c2002

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"This volume is based in part on presentations delivered at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry(Hamburg, Germany, August 6-11, 1999)" -- Pref.

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Description

Psychiatry as a Neuroscience provides an overview of recent solid advances in biological psychiatry which are of clinical relevance. These include psychoneuroendocrinological and psychoimmunological findings in major depression genetic and neuroimaging data in schizophrenia molecular genetic findings in Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging data in obsessive-compulsive disorder. This book will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists, neuroscientists, managers and policy makers.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface Genetic Research in Psychiatry (P. McGuffin) Molecular and Cellular Biology Research in Psychiatry (S. Stahl, et al.) Brain Imaging Research in Psychiatry (G. Sedvall and S. Pauli) Neuroendocrinological Research in Psychiatry (C. Nemeroff and D. Gutman) Neuropsychological Research in Psychiatry (K. Ritchie and M. Richards) Neurobiology of Schizophrenia (F. Benes and C. Tamminga) Biological Research in Anxiety Disorders (T. Uhde and R. Singareddy) Biological Research on Dementias (S. Lovestone) Index Acknowledgements

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Details

  • NCID
    BA56845284
  • ISBN
    • 0471496561
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chichester
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 330 p., [2] p. of col. plates
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Subject Headings
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