Textbook of Biological Psychiatry [Hardcover]

A Textbook of Biological Psychiatry integrates the basic science concerning brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders alongside surveys of present standard clinical treatment. Organized in a coherent and easy to follow structure, chapters expand across different levels of analysis, from basic mechanisms to clinical practice. This comprehensive reference provides an integrative treatment of the biochemistry of neurotransmission, behavioral pharmacology, and clinical aspects of psychiatric problems including depression, manic-depression, and mood disorders. Other chapters address the biological mechanisms and treatment of depression, anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addictions. The editor concludes with a perspective on the future of the field and prospects for understanding and effectively treating mood and anxiety disorders.Foreword.

Preface.

Contributors.

Part I: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS.

1. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY SKETCHED--PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE (Jaak Panksepp).

2. IMAGING HUMAN EMOTIONS AND AFFECTIVE FEELINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY (Mario Liotti and Jaak Panksepp).

3. NEURAL SUBSTRATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY (Douglas F. Watt and David I. Pincus).

4. STRESS, SLEEP, AND SEXUALITY IN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS (Terrence Deak and Jaak Panksepp).

5. PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS (Brian Knutson and Andreas Heinz).

6. FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING IN PSYCHIATRY (Johannes Tauscher, Nikolas Klein, and Shitij Kapur).

Part II: CORE PSYCHIATRIC CHALLENGES.

7. DEPRESSION: A NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVE (Helen S. Mayberg).

8. TREATMENT OF MOOD DISORDERS (Pedro L. Delgado and Paul Zarkowski).

9. NEUROSCIENCE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (Christine Pesold, RoslóO