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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140795003321

Autore

Trimble Michael R

Titolo

Biological psychiatry [[electronic resource] /] / Michael R. Trimble, Mark M. George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

0-470-97588-1

1-282-77319-4

9786612773198

0-470-68939-0

0-470-68940-4

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Collana

Wiley medical publication.

Altri autori (Persone)

GeorgeMark S <1958-> (Mark Stork)

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Biological psychiatry

Neuropsychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biological Psychiatry; Contents; Acknowledgements; Quotations; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction and Preface to the Third Edition; 1 Principles of Brain Function and Structure: 1 Genetics, Physiology and Chemistry; 2 Principles of Brain Function and Structure: 2 Anatomy; 3 Important Brain-Behaviour Relationships; 4 Classifications and Clinical Investigations; 5 Personality Disorders; 6 Anxiety Disorders; 7 The Schizophrenias; 8 Affective Disorders; 9 The Addictions and Disorders of Motivation; 10 Epilepsy; 11 The Dementias; 12 Biological Treatments

13 Epilogue: Progress toward a Neuroanatomically, Biological-psychiatrically Informed Classification Scheme in PsychiatryReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Biological psychiatry has dominated psychiatric thinking for the past 40 years, but the knowledge base of the discipline has increased substantially more recently, particularly with advances in genetics and neuroimaging. The third edition of Biological Psychiatry has been thoroughly updated taking into account these developments. As in the earlier editions of the book, there are comprehensive reviews and



explanations of the latest advances in neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, genetics and brain imaging- descriptions not only of methodologies but also of the application of these in clinical