The Molecular Foundations of Psychiatry / Edition 1

by Steven E. Hyman MD, Eric J. Nestler MD PhD

Overview

This text offers a comprehensive introduction to molecular biology, genetics, and neurobiology relevant to psychiatry. Generously illustrated chapters are organized to be read at both an introductory and a more advanced level.

Both beginners and advanced professionals will benefit from this text's discussion of how psychotropic drugs work and how gene-environment interactions may contribute to the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. The authors demonstrate how molecular investigations in psychiatry will revolutionize the field by leading to improved diagnostic testing, to new and more effective treatments, and ultimately to the development of preventive measures for mental illness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880483537
Publisher:	American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/1992
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction to molecular biology. Overview of synaptic neurotransmission. Overview of neuropsychopharmacology. Mechanisms of neural plasticity. Drug-induced neural plasticity: how psychotropic drugs work. Overview of psychiatric genetics. Toward a new psychiatric neuroscience.

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Joseph T. Coyle

The Molecular Foundations of Psychiatry by Steve Hyman and Eric Nestler provides a remarkably clear, broadly accessible, and beautifully illustrated overview of the methods and conceptual approaches of molecular biology as it relates to psychiatry. This is unequivocally one of the most important books published in recent years as it demystifies and places in perspective this powerful new way of understanding brain and behavior.