Gary B. Kaplan, Ronald P. Hammer Jr. - Brain Circuitry and Signaling in Psychiatry: Basic Science and Clinical Implications
Published: 2002 | ISBN: 088048957X | PDF | 284 pages | 4.12 MB
The 1990s, appropriately termed "the decade of the brain," witnessed unprecedented advances in our knowledge of psychiatric neuroscience. Yet with every advance, we realized afresh that we were still in the beginning stages of a much longer journey.
This text chronicles the next step of that journey. Structured around a proven teaching methodology that uniquely integrates the clinical aspects of psychiatric disorders with their neurobiology, this volume begins with two introductory chapters on functional neural circuitry and neural signaling pathways. The remaining six chapters present current knowledge on the neuroanatomic and neurochemical mechanisms underlying schizophrenia, addiction, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and dementia/Alzheimer's disease. For clarity and consistency, each chapter focusing on a specific disorder features the same four divisions - clinical presentation, neural circuitry, signaling pathways, and psychopharmacology.
Meticulously researched and clearly written by 15 contributors - all recognized experts from leading research and teaching institutions in the United States - this compact and extensively illustrated volume stands out in the literature because it combines readability and practicality with the breadth and depth typically found only in far lengthier works. Psychiatric practitioners, residents, and students alike will welcome this informative, easy-to-read text, which will also be of special interest to mental health and pharmaceutical industry professionals, and of general interest to anyone who wants to know more about the biology of psychiatric illness.
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