Neurobiology of Mental Illness
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This is a new edition of the first comprehensive text to show how the advances in molecular and cellular biology and in the basic neurosciences have brought the revolution in molecular medicine to the field of psychiatry.The book begins with a review of basic neuroscience and methods for studying neurobiology in human patients then proceeds to discussions of all major psychiatric syndromes with respect to knowledge of their etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing information across numerous levels of analysis, including molecular biology and genetics, cellular physiology, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, and behavior, and in translating information from the basic laboratory to the clinical laboratory and finally to clinical treatment.
Editors Dennis Charney and Eric Nestle, along with their six section editors and over 150 contributors, have revised and updated all 80 chapters from the previous edition and have added new chapters on topics relating to, for example, genetics, experimental therapeutics, and late-life mood disorders. Both a textbook and a reference book, Neurobiology of Mental Illness is intended for psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and upper level students.
Features
- The leading book on the neurobiology of mental illness, compeletely updated.
- Edited and authored by world-class authorities
- Extensively revised and, in some cases, completely rewritten chapters
- Brand new chapters on epigenetics, novel targets of antidepressant treatments, menstrual cycle-related mood disorders, pediatric brain development, mild cognitive impairment, the neurboiology of resilience, and more!
Reviews
"This book is an outstanding testament to the effort made towards a fundamental understanding of psychiatric disorders. The third edition is an excellent and extensive update on the biological basis of psychiatric disorders. Every psychiatrist should read and refer to this book. It covers the basis of modern psychiatry."--Doody's
Chosen as Doody's Core Title for September 2009!
"The first impression upon seeing this book is that it is a very large volume, and the second is that the content is indeed what it purports to be, a detailed account of research into the neurbiology of mental disorders....these 87 chapters overflow with the results of investigations directed toward understanding human mental disorders as neurobiological illnesses. The mass of what is presented here should make us all proud of all that psychiatry has accomplished as a research discipline....I found the individual chapters detailed but lucid, as would be expected from their authors, who write with ease and precision as the leading experts in these fields...The book is thus useful for a wide range of readers, from experienced as well as beginning investigators to clinicians to family members who seek a sophisticated overview of what types of neurbiological research are occurring for a spceific mental disorder."--Robert Freedman, MD, as reviewed in American Journal of Psychiatry
"...Charney and Nestler text proves to be quite comprehensive and remarkably useful...The Third Edition of Neurobiology of Mental Illness is generally well-written and very well organized...Neurobiology of Mental Illness may serve as a valuable and fundamental reference." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
About the Author(s)
Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology & Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, and Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, Chair of Neuroscience, Director of the Mount Sinai Brain Institute, Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience,, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Companion Resources
The following resources are available from the "Neurobiology of Mental Illness, Third Edition" companion site:
