Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician, First Edition - Softcover

Pliszka, Steven R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593850786 ISBN 13: 9781593850784

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2004

Synopsis

As scientific knowledge grows about the role of the brain in mental disorder, no clinician can afford to be uninformed about neurobiology. This accessible primer provides the basic grounding in neuroscience that all contemporary mental health professionals need. Readers are first guided through the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and psychiatric genetics. Chapters then illuminate the neurobiological underpinnings of a range of frequently encountered disorders--including ADHD, substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and learning and cognitive problems--giving particular attention to the impact of psychosocial risk factors on the brain. Also examined are ways that both pharmacological and psychological interventions have been shown to alter brain chemistry as they bring about a reduction in symptoms.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven R. Pliszka, MD, is Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

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Chapter 1. Introduction
PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE
Chapter 2. Draw the Brain: Introduction to Clinical Neuroanatomy
Chapter 3. The Neuron
Chapter 4. Neurotransmitters
Chapter 5. Fear, Reward, and Action
Chapter 6. Memory
Chapter 7. An Overview of Cortical Function

PART II. NEUROSCIENCE OF MENTAL DISORDERS
Chapter 8. Introduction to Clinical Issues
Chapter 9. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 10. Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Substance Abuse
Chapter 11. Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 12. Schizophrenia and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Chapter 13. Cognitive Disorders
Chapter 14. Epilogue
Index

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1593850786
• ISBN 13: 9781593850784
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280