Brave new brain : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome /

Nancy Andreasen, a leading neuroscientist who is also Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious American Journal of Psychiatry as well as the winner of the illustrious National Medal of Science, offers here a state-of-the-art look at what we know about the human brain and the human genome-and shows how the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Andreasen, Nancy C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Mental illness.
Mental illness > Genetic aspects.
Human genome.
Brain > Diseases.
Mental Disorders > genetics > Popular Works.
Mental Disorders > physiopathology > Popular Works.
Mental Disorders > physiopathology
Mental Disorders > genetics
Brain Diseases > genetics > Popular Works.
Genome, Human > Popular Works.
Mental Disorders
Genome, Human
Brain Diseases > genetics
Mental Disorders > Popular Works > genetics.
Brain Diseases
Mental Disorders > Popular Works > physiopathology.
Brain Diseases > Popular Works > genetics.
Maladies mentales.
Maladies mentales > Aspect génétique.
Génome humain.
Cerveau > Maladies.
mental disorders.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Brain > Diseases
Human genome
Mental illness
Mental illness > Genetic aspects
Humangenetik
Psychische Störung
Genetik
Psychische stoornissen.
Genetica.
Hersenen.
Genoom.
Biologische psychiatrie.
Popular Work
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Brave new brain
  • A waking nightmare
  • Broken brains, troubled minds
  • The brain
  • Mapping the genome
  • Mapping the mind
  • Understanding what mental illnesses are
  • Schizophrenia
  • Mood disorders
  • Dementias
  • Anxiety disorders
  • O brave new world.

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