Biology of Schizophrenia and Affective Disease [Hardcover]

N. Y.) Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease. Meeting (73rd : 1993 : New York (Author), Stanley J. Watson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0880487461 | ISBN-13: 978-0880487467 | Publication Date: February 15, 1996 | Edition: 1

The Decade of the Brain has brought with it many advances in our understanding of the biology of major mental disorders. Biology of Schizophrenia and Affective Disease provides a state-of-the-art look at the biological bases of severe mental illness from the perspective of the researchers making these exceptional discoveries. In 17 chapters, some of the best investigators in the field furnish overviews of their ground-breaking findings and set course for future research efforts. From the biology of stress to excitotoxicity in the development of corticolimbic alterations in the schizophrenic brain, this outstanding reference tool explores the explosive progress in the fields of biochemistry, molecular genetics, neuroscience, and brain circuit anatomy and the resultant advances in nearly every aspect of the biology of the brain and mental illness. Dissolution of cerebral cortical mechanisms in patients with schizophrenia, linkage and molecular genetics in infantile autism, and postmortem studies of suicide victims and schizophrenic patients are among the topics covered. The book also discusses treatment issues, including the mechanisms of action of antidepressants and atypical antipsychotic drugs. Practitioners and students will find this volume an invaluable reference tool for understanding the mechanisms of normal and pathological brain function and potential areas for further insight into the biological bases of mental illness.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The editor and chapter authors provide the reader with clearly written resource material on the biology of schizophrenia and affective disorders, a view of cutting-edge research, and a glimpse of the potential for integrated data interpretation at the level of functioning neural circuits. The latter is the key to the successful application of the biopsychosocial medical model to the study and care of patients suffering from these diseases."-- "William T. Carpenter Jr., M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Director, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland"

About the Author

Stanley J. Watson, Ph.D., M.D., is Associate Director, Research Scientist, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan. He is Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Theophile Raphael Professor of Neurosciences also at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 535 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 1 edition (February 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880487461
• ISBN-13: 978-0880487467
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)