The Scientific basis of psychiatry
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The Scientific basis of psychiatry
W.B. Saunders, 1992
2nd ed, by Malcolm P.I. Weller and Michael W. Eysenck
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Note
Previous ed.: Baillière Tindall, 1983
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The edition of the respected international text covers traditional and recent scientific knowledge central to the practice of psychiatry and clinical psychology. Contributors are acknowledged experts in psychiatric research and practice.
Table of Contents
- Changing frontiers
- historical introduction to psychiatry. Part 1 Methodology: rating scale methods - validity and reliability
- the rationale of clinical trials
- statistics in psychiatry research
- epidemiology. Part 2 Neurological sciences: neurophysiological aspects of psychiatry
- neuropsychology and the localization of cognitive function
- the synapse, receptors and Alzheimer's Disease
- some aspects of the use of EEG in psychiatry
- some issues in clinical neurology. Part 3 Genetics: the principles of genetics as applied to psychiatry
- the genetics of major psychiatric syndromes. Part 4 Psychology: psychology or psychiatry - an information-processing account
- perception and attention
- sleep and activation
- principles of learning
- human memory
- intelligence
- emotion and stress
- some biological, psychological and social factors in development
- personality. Part 5 Social processes: the development of the psychotherapies - a brief historical overview
- the family and social origins of anti-social behaviour
- ethology
- group process and non-verbal communications
- transcultural psychiatry
- life events. Part 6 Clinical psychopharmacology and electroconvulsive therapy: anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
- depressive illness and antidepressant drugs
- neurotransmitters and schizophrenia
- neuroleptics
- electroconvulsive therapy.
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