Main description:

Bringing the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience to the clinician, this text provides resident and practicing psychiatrists with a comprehensive, clinically relevant overview of the brain mechanisms underlying behavior and mental illness. This book presents an integrated perspective on the structures and workings of the brain, the mechanisms governing behaviors such as pleasure, aggression, and intelligence, and the pathophysiology of mental disorders. It includes more than 200 two-color illustrations that clarify key concepts. Questions and answers at the end of each chapter facilitate review and board preparation. Readers will also have online access to the complete, fully searchable text and a quiz bank of over 150 questions.

Contents:

THE BASIC STRUCTURES Historical Perspective Neuroanatomy Cells of the Nervous System Neurotransmitters Receptors and Signaling the Nucleus Hormones and the Brain Adult Development and Plasticity BEHAVIORS Pain Pleasure Appetite Anger and Aggression Sleep Sex and the Brain Social Attachment Memory Intelligence Attention DISORDERS Depression Anxiety Schizophrenia Alzheimer's Disease