The neuropsychology of anxiety : an enquiry into the functions of the septo-hippocampal system
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The neuropsychology of anxiety : an enquiry into the functions of the septo-hippocampal system
(Oxford psychology series, no. 33)
Oxford University Press, c2003
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-418) and index
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Description
The Neuropsychology of Anxiety first appeared in 1982, quickly establishing itself as a classic work in the psychology and neuroscience literature. It presented an innovative, and at times controversial, theory of anxiety and the brain systems, especially the septo-hippocampal system, that subserve it.
It rapidly established itself as an important new work in the field. This Second Edition is a significant departure from the first, drawing upon extensive reviews of data from the ethology of defence, learning theory, the psychopharmacology of anti-anxiety drugs, anxiety disorders, and clinical and laboratory analysis of amnesia. The cognitive and behavioural functions in anxiety of the septo-hippocampal system and the amygdala are extensively analysed, as are their separate roles in memory
and fear. Their functions are related to a hierarchy of additional structures that control other forms of defensive behaviour. The resulting theory is applied to the typology, symptoms, and therapy of anxiety and phobic disorders, and to the symptoms of amnesia.
Available for the first time in paperback, this new edition will be a valuable reference text for researchers and graduate students in psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, and neurology.
Table of Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Ethology and anxiety
- 3. Learning theory and anxiety
- 4. The anxiolytic drugs
- 5. A theory of the behavioural inhibition system
- 6. The neurology of anxiety
- 7. Hippocampal place fields
- 8. Memory and the septo-hippocampal system
- 9. Fundamentals of the septo-hippocampal system
- 10. A Theory of the septo-hippocampal system
- 11. Symptoms and syndromes of anxiety
- 12. Putting Humpty Dumpty together again: the anxious personality and its inheritance
- 13. The treatment of anxiety
- References
- Index
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