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Chapter 1 The Human Illnesses; John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911); Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926); Leo Kanner (1894-1981); Arnold Pick (1851-1924); Current DSM-IV-TR Classification; Debates About the Usefulness of Current Classifications; Could the Human Brain Tell Us Something About These Disorders?; Overview of the Volume; Chapter 2 Background on the Brain; Brain Development; Relevant Brain Regions; Neuronal Circuits Related to Learning New Behaviors; Neuronal Circuits Related to Emotional Regulation; Summary; Chapter 3 Unique Aspects of the Human Brain; The Emergence of Homo sapiens. |
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Brain Size and MorphologyAre There Unique Cell Types?; Genetic Studies; Human Cognition Compared to Non-human Cognition; Consciousness; Summary; Chapter 4 Schizophrenia; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Electrophysiological Findings; Neurotransmitter Abnormalities; Neuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Schizophrenia, Increased Apolipoprotein L-1, and Resistance to Trypanosome Brain Infection; Overview; Chapter 5 Bipolar Disorders; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Psychophysiological Findings. |
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Neurotransmitter AbnormalitiesNeuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Depression and Inflammation; Overview; Chapter 6 Autism, ADHD, and Anorexia Nervosa; Autism; Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Anorexia Nervosa, Self-Awareness, and Autism Spectrum Disorders; Overview; Chapter 7 Frontotemporal Dementia; Epidemiology and Natural Course; Neuropsychological Findings; Neuropathological Studies; Genetic Investigations; Brain Imaging Studies; Overview; Chapter 8 Self-Monitoring Systems; Brain Imaging Studies of Self-Awareness. |
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Corollary Discharge SystemsTheory of Mind; Default Network; Overview; Chapter 9 Language Systems; The Nature of Language; Do Primates Have Language?; Imaging Language; Language Anomalies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Language Cannot Be Considered in Isolation; Chapter 10 Affective Processing and the Social Brain; Emotional Processing in Animals; Neurobiology of Emotions in Humans; The Social Brain; Self-Awareness, Empathy, and Intuition; Eating Together and the Complex Social Emotions; Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Genetic Imprinting; Overview. |
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Chapter 11 Why Do We Have These Disorders?Representation in the Human Brain; Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Autism; Frontotemporal Dementia; Neuropsychiatric Disorders and the Representational Brain; Genetic Correlates; Overview; Chapter 12 Implications; The Search for Final Common Pathways; Should We Give Up on Gene Studies?; What Do Neuropsychiatric Disorders Tell Us About the Human Brain?; What About Other Neuropsychiatric Disorders?; The Default Network and the Representational Brain; The Representational Brain, Attentional Networks, and Human Awareness. |
| Summary |
The genetic correlates of neuropsychiatric disorders are now known, but none have come close to explaining the great variety of human psychiatric illnesses. This volume, written by a neuropsychiatrist and an evolutionary biologist, offers a new paradigm for understanding these disorders. Proposing that neuronal pathways which underlie neuropsychiatric conditions mirror unique human capabilities, the authors iterate a new paradigm by which to understand human psychiatric illnesses. Human capabilities such as theory of mind, language, and complex social behaviors are explored through their histo. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mental illness.
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Mental illness. |
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Nervous system -- Diseases.
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Nervous system -- Diseases. |
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Neuropsychiatry.
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Neuropsychiatry. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. |
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MEDICAL -- Diseases. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Allman, John Morgan.
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| Added Title |
Neuropsychiatric disorders and the nature of the human brain |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Williamson, Peter, 1953- Human illnesses. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2011] (DLC) 2010011751 |
| ISBN |
0199709483 (electronic book) |
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9780199709489 (electronic book) |
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9780195368567 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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0195368568 (alkaline paper) |
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