Main description:

Book chapters are authored by participants in the International Meeting on Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Implications for Etiopathogenesis and Treatment, held in Mojacar (Almeria) Spain from 14-18 October 2009. Chapters are organized into four sections on themes encompassed by Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Clinical Staging in the Pathophysiology of Psychotic and Affective Disorders, Staging Perspectives in Neurodevelopmental Aspects of Neuropsychiatry, Epigenetics and Biomarkers in the Staging of Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and Staging Neurodegenerative Disorders. This volume should serve as a resource for physicians and neuroscientists alike, highlighting the importance of staging neuropsychiatric disorders and the underlying mechanistic dysfunction, for prevention and treatment strategies at different stages of disease progression.

Earlier volumes in the series, published by the Fundacion Cerebro y Mente in Madrid, Spain:
Depressive, Anxiety and Drug Abuse Disorders
Eds: T. Palomo and T. Archer
Schizophrenia, Movement Disorders and Age Related Cognitive Disorders
Eds.: T. Palomo, T. Archer and R.J. Beninger
Dopamine Disease States
Eds.: R.J. Beninger, T. Palomo and T. Archer
Interactive Monoaminergic Disorders
Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger and T. Archer
Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders
Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger and T. Archer
Neurodevelopmental Liabilities in Brain Disease States
Eds.: R.J. Beninger, T. Palomo, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer
Gene-Environment Interplay in Brain Disease States
Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer
Implications of CoMorbidity for Etiology and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer
Beyond Neuropsychiatric Diagnostics: Symptoms not Disorders
Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer

Contents:

Clinical Staging in the Pathophysiology of Psychotic and Affective Disorders: Facilitation of Prognosis and Treatment.- Staging Perspectives in Neurodevelopmental Aspects of Neuropsychiatry: Agents, Phases and Ages at Expression.- Epigenetics and Biomarkers in the Staging of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Staging Neurodegenerative Disorders: Structural, Regional, Biomarker, and Functional Progressions.