The Biological Basis of Mental Health
eBook - ePub

The Biological Basis of Mental Health

  1. 468 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Biological Basis of Mental Health

About this book

This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing.

This fully revised fourth edition includes new chapters on behavioural science, and brain-gut and brain-gender connections, as well as expanded content on memory and genetics. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic research with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health covers topics including brain development, neural communication, neurotransmitters and receptors, hormones and behaviour, genetic disorders, pharmacology, substance misuse, anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, epilepsy, subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain, dementia, developmental disorders and sleep.

This unique textbook is an essential read for all healthcare students, practitioners and educators with an interest in mental health and neuroscience.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781032747279
eBook ISBN
9781000462692

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Introduction to the brain
  10. 2 Brain development
  11. 3 Neural communication
  12. 4 Neurotransmitters and receptors
  13. 5 The brain–body connections: Gut microbiota, immunity and brain gender
  14. 6 Hormones
  15. 7 Behaviour
  16. 8 Genetics I: Introduction and autosomes
  17. 9 Genetics II: Sex chromosomes and gene disorders
  18. 10 Pharmacology
  19. 11 Illicit substance use disorders
  20. 12 Common substance misuse
  21. 13 Emotions
  22. 14 Stress, anxiety and fear
  23. 15 Schizophrenia
  24. 16 The antipsychotic drugs
  25. 17 Affective disorders
  26. 18 Antidepressant drugs
  27. 19 Epilepsy
  28. 20 Subcortical degenerative disorders of the brain
  29. 21 Memory and learning
  30. 22 The ageing brain and dementia
  31. 23 Communication and developmental disorders
  32. 24 Sleep
  33. Genetics index: Genes, chromosomes, genetic terms and syndromes
  34. Index