Handbook of Medical Psychiatry
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Medical Psychiatry

  1. 973 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Medical Psychiatry

About this book

This volume examines attempts to identify genetic risk factors and environmental components contributing to the development of psychiatric disorders. It explores the symptoms, courses, outcomes, treatment responses and aetiologies of a range of psychiatric illnesses to improve disease classification schemes.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Medical Psychiatry by Jair C. Soares,Samuel Gershon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Mental Health in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9781135542795
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Series Introduction
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Table of Contents
  10. Contributors
  11. 1. Animal Models of NeuropsychiatrieDisorders:Challenges for the Future
  12. 2. Methodological Advances inPsychiatric Genetics
  13. 3. New Developments in the Regulation of Monoaminergic Neurotransmission
  14. 4. Developments in Psychiatric Neuroimaging
  15. 5. Classification of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
  16. 6. Classification of Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Disorders
  17. 7. Classification of Mood Disorders: Implications for Psychiatric Research
  18. 8. Classification of Anxiety Disorders: Implications for Psychiatric Research
  19. 9. Classification or Dementias and cognitive Disorder
  20. 10. Classification of Personality Disorders: Implications for Treatment and Research
  21. 11. Mood Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions
  22. 12. Anxiety Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions
  23. 13. Psychotic Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic
  24. 14. Neurobiology of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Basic Mechanisms and
  25. 15. Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
  26. 16. Neuroimaging Findings in Schizophrenia: From Mental to Neuronal Fragmentation
  27. 17. The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia
  28. 18. Serotonergic Dysfunctions in Schizophrenia: Possible Therapeutic Implications
  29. 19. The GABA Cell in Relation to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
  30. 20. Genetic Findings in Psychotic Disorders
  31. 21. Membrane Abnormalities in Psychotic Disorders
  32. 23. Affective Disorders: Imaging Studies
  33. 24. Role of Acetylcholine and Its Interactions with Other Neurotransmitters and
  34. 25. GABA and Mood Disorders: A Selective Review and Discussion of Future Research
  35. 26. Signal Transduction Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder
  36. 27. Molecular Genetics and Mood Disorders
  37. 28. Biological Distinction Between Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder
  38. 29. Neurobiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  39. 30. Neurobiology of Panic Disorder
  40. 31. Neurobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Across the Life Cycle
  41. 32. Genetics of Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Agoraphobia
  42. 33. Imaging Brain Structure and Function in Aging and Alzheimerā€™s Disease
  43. 34. Brain Imaging in Dementia
  44. 35. Genetics of Alzheimerā€™s Disease
  45. 36. Neurobiology of Alzheimerā€™s Disease
  46. 37. Psychiatric Comorbidity: Implications for Treatment and Clinical Research
  47. 38. Neurobiology of Alcoholism
  48. 39. Biological Basis of Drug Addiction
  49. 40. Neuroimaging Abnormalities in Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
  50. 41. Genetics of Addictive Disorders
  51. 42. Biological Basis of Eating Disorders
  52. 43. Biological Basis of Personality Disorders
  53. 44. Iatrogenic Sexual Dysfunction
  54. 45. Neurobiology of Violence and Aggression
  55. 46. Pathological Gambling: Clinical Aspects and Neurobiology
  56. 47. Neurobiology of Suicide
  57. 48. Sleep Disorders
  58. 49. Perspectives in the Pharmacological Treatment of Schizophrenia
  59. 50. Multiple Mechanisms of Lithium Action
  60. 51. Mechanisms of Action of Anticonvulsants and New Mood Stabilizers
  61. 52. Mechanisms of Action of New Mood-Stabilizing Drugs
  62. 53. Advances in Treatment and Perspectives for New Interventions in Mood and Anxiety Disorders
  63. 54. Perspectives for Pharmacological Interventions in Eating Disorders
  64. 55. Perspectives for New Pharmacological Treatments of Alcoholism and Substance Dependence
  65. 56. Perspectives on the Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia
  66. 57. Pharmacological Interventions in Psychiatric Disorders Due to Medical Conditions
  67. 58. Perspectives on Treatment Interventions in Paraphilias
  68. 59. Potential of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Neuropsychiatrie
  69. 60. Pharmacokinetic Principles and Drug Interaction
  70. Index