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Overview
Great advances have been made in recent years toward a better understanding of the healthy brain and the physical basis of psychiatric disorder. This text brings together contributions from leading international authorities to provide a timely and multidisciplinary overview of this fast developing area. This book provides broad coverage ranging from epilepsy and schizophrenia to basal ganglia disorder and brain lesions. In many cases, a clinically oriented chapter is paired with one that describes the basic science that underpins it, and considerable attention is given to the impact of new technologies, such as structural and functional neuroimaging. This book highlights the basic pathophysiological mechanisms of multifaceted clinical manifestations to provide a valuable review of current neuropsychiatry. It will be welcomed by clinicians, researchers, and students alike from neuroscience to neuropsychology and psychiatry.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Editorials
Michael J. Schrift
This is an excellent book focusing on various neuropsychiatry topics where brain and mind come together. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field, it is an outstanding contribution to psychiatry. The purpose, according to the editors, ""was to gather salient examples"" of areas in neuropsychiatry that address the interface between the mind and the brain. It is dedicated to Professor Alwyn Lishman, who has been influential in the re-emergence of neuropsychiatry in the last two decades. The editors and contributors have succeeded in providing an interesting and excellent book. The intended audience is psychiatrists, psychologists, and neurologists. It would also be valuable for trainees in behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and neurology. The book features seven sections and 14 chapters. Topics covered include: the frontal lobes; basal ganglia; memory; psychopathology and the brain; epilepsy; the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia; and brain imaging of psychopathology. There is an up-to-date reference section at the end of each chapter and a useful index at the back of the book. This is a valuable and outstanding text covering various mind/brain disorders. Any clinician or researcher involved and interested in psychopathology-brain relationships should read and refer to it.From The Critics
Reviewer: Michael Joel Schrift, D.O., M.A.(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)Description: This is an excellent book focusing on various neuropsychiatry topics where brain and mind come together. Written and edited by internationally recognized experts in the field, it is an outstanding contribution to psychiatry.
Purpose: The purpose, according to the editors, "was to gather salient examples" of areas in neuropsychiatry that address the interface between the mind and the brain. It is dedicated to Professor Alwyn Lishman, who has been influential in the re-emergence of neuropsychiatry in the last two decades. The editors and contributors have succeeded in providing an interesting and excellent book.
Audience: The intended audience is psychiatrists, psychologists, and neurologists. It would also be valuable for trainees in behavioral neurology, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and neurology.
Features: The book features seven sections and 14 chapters. Topics covered include: the frontal lobes; basal ganglia; memory; psychopathology and the brain; epilepsy; the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia; and brain imaging of psychopathology. There is an up-to-date reference section at the end of each chapter and a useful index at the back of the book.
Assessment: This is a valuable and outstanding text covering various mind/brain disorders. Any clinician or researcher involved and interested in psychopathology-brain relationships should read and refer to it.
3 Stars from Doody