Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry
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Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

  1. 358 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry

About this book

Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry provides information pertinent to the development of biochemical psychiatry, including biochemical studies of psychiatric patients before and after pharmacological intervention and genetic studies. This book discusses the development of biochemical psychiatry as a significant experimental and conceptual approach to understanding mental illness. Organized into 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the neurochemical processes involved in the elaboration of a behavior and the extent to which alterations in those processes are responsible for behavioral differences. This text then discusses the clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, including common symptoms, natural history, and subtypes. Other chapters consider the contribution of genetic factors to the etiology of schizophrenia. This book discusses as well the similarities among hallucinations, dreams, and primary process thinking. The final chapter deals with the factors that may influence the neuroendocrine system. This book is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, neuropharmacologists, neurobiologists, behavioral biologists, and psychoanalysts.

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Yes, you can access Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry by David S. Segal,Joel Yager,John L Sullivan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Clinical Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780409950014
eBook ISBN
9781483192666
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Clinical Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Foundations of Biochemical Psychiatry
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Reading Selections and Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction to Fundamental Concepts
  9. Chapter 2. Schizophrenia
  10. Chapter 3. The Genetics of Schizophrenic and Schizoid Disease
  11. Chapter 4. Biochemical and Sleep Studies of Schizophrenia: A Review of the Literature 1960–1970: Part I. Biochemical Studies
  12. Chapter 5. A Review of the Literature—–1960–1970: Part II. Sleep Studies
  13. Chapter 6. Amphetamine Psychosis: A Multi-dimensional Process
  14. Chapter 7. Drugs, Neurotransmitters, and Schizophrenia
  15. Chapter 8. Possible Etiology of Schizophrenia: Progressive Damage to the Noradrenergic Reward System by 6-Hydroxydopamine
  16. Chapter 9. Affective Disorders
  17. Chapter 10. Toward a Biology of Affective Disorders : Genetic Contributions
  18. Chapter 11. The Catecholamine Hypothesis of Affective Disorders: A Review of Supporting Evidence
  19. Chapter 12. L-DOPA, Catecholamines, and Behavior: A Clinical and Biochemical Study in Depressed Patients
  20. Chapter 13. Catecholamines and Affective Disorders Revised: A Critical Assessment
  21. Chapter 14. Indoleamines and Affective Disorders
  22. Chapter 15. A Cholinergic-Adrenergic Hypothesis of Mania and Depression
  23. Chapter 16. Neurosis
  24. Chapter 17. The Evidence for Genetic Components in the Neuroses: A Review
  25. Chapter 18. Modern Biochemical Concepts of Anxiety : Implications for Psychopharmacological Treatment
  26. Chapter 19. How Amphetamine Acts in Minimal Brain Dysfunction
  27. Chapter 20. Levoamphetamine and Dextroamphetamine: Comparative Efficacy in the Hyperkinetic Syndrome : Assessment by Target Symptoms
  28. Chapter 21. Alcoholism
  29. Chapter 23. Psychoendocrinology
  30. References
  31. Glossary
  32. Index