Bridge the gap between neuroscience and mental illness/mental health with this straightforward and reader-friendly resource! The Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry, 3rd Edition is a highly readable, in-depth text ideal for residents studying for boards, practicing psychiatrists, and any mental health professional seeking an overview of the neuroscience revolution. Focusing on the basic neuroscientific concepts underlying normal behavior and commonly encountered disorders, Dr. Edmund S. Higgins and Dr. Mark S. George make complex information enjoyable, relevant, and easy to understand, ensuring that this Third Edition continues to be a trusted source of information on the neurologic underpinnings of psychiatric disorders.
Little information from this complex and evolving field of neuroscience has been readily accessible to the clinical psychiatrist on the front lines of patient care, let alone to the resident preparing for the Boards.
The Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry: The Pathophysiology of Behavior and Mental Illness
As scientific knowledge grows about the role of the brain in mental disorder, no clinician can afford to be uninformed about neurobiology.
Psychiatric disorders are brain disorders, reflecting dysfunction within and across neural networks.
This book provides a vital resource for the clinical neuroscience community with an in-depth treatment of various computational neuroscience approaches geared towards understanding psychiatric phenomena.
This new volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology presents a comprehensive review of the fundamental science and clinical treatment of psychiatric disorders.
This book will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists, neuroscientists, managers and policy makers.
This volume offers broad coverage of that interaction, with chapters written by major researchers in the field.
In addition, the book presents information concerning neuroplasticity, pharmacology, brain imaging, and brain stimulation techniques.
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