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Psychiatry and clinical neuroscience : a primer /

Psychiatric disorders are brain disorders, reflecting dysfunction within and across neural networks. Advances in functional neuroimaging and cellular neuroscience offer hope of revolutionizing the approach to diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zorumski, Charles F.
Otros Autores: Rubin, Eugene H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Psychopathology
  • Depression and dementia : an introduction to systems neuroscience and psychiatry
  • Systems neuroscience & psychiatry : basic principles
  • Brain networks and the human mind
  • Psychiatric disorders and brain networks
  • The hippocampus : synapses, circuits, and networks
  • Network dysfunction : stress, psychiatric disorders, and the hippocampus
  • Genetics, epigenetics, and plasticity
  • Conceptualizing causes of psychiatric disorders
  • Neurotransmitters and receptors
  • Methods of determining diagnosis and cause
  • Why do some psychiatric disorders become chronic problems?
  • Approaches to treatment
  • The future of psychiatry.