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This text draws on evidence from neuroimaging studies, together with evidence from the fields of neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, electrophysiology, neurochemistry and pharmacology, to generate a coherent and plausible account of the cerebral processes by which mental symptoms are generated.
| ISBN | 190124265X | | DEWEY | 616.89 | | ISBN13 | 9781901242652
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Publisher | The Royal College of Psychiatrists | | Pages | 320 | | Imprint | Gaskell | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 01 Jan 2001 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Illustrator | Philip Wilson | |
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| | | Prologue | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Abbreviations | | | | Pt. I | | Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology | | | | 1 | | The neural substrate of mental activity | | 3 | | 2 | | The association cortex | | 24 | | 3 | | The limbic system | | 42 | | 4 | | Cortico-subcortical circuits | | 54 | | 5 | | Neurotransmission and humoral influences | | 63 | | Pt. II | | Symptom clusters | | | | 6 | | Reality distortion | | 83 | | 7 | | Disorganisation | | 103 | | 8 | | Psychomotor poverty and psychomotor excitation | | 121 | | 9 | | Depression and elation | | 142 | | 10 | | Anxiety | | 161 | | Pt. III | | Mental diseases | | | | 11 | | Schizophrenia | | 181 | | 12 | | Bipolar affective disorder | | 200 | | 13 | | Obsessive-compulsive disorder | | 214 | | 14 | | Psychopathy | | 221 | | | | Epilogue | | 235 | | | | Glossary | | 237 | | | | References | | 254 | | | | Further reading | | 284 | | | | Index | | 287 |
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