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Molecules and Mental Illness Samuel H Barondes

Molecules and Mental Illness By Samuel H Barondes

Molecules and Mental Illness by Samuel H Barondes


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The book explains the essential principles of human genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience and psychopharmacology that are helping scientists and practitioners understand the biological roots of mental illness.

Molecules and Mental Illness Summary

Molecules and Mental Illness by Samuel H Barondes

Mental illness overwhelms its millions of victims with a variety of disabling symptoms, including extreme fearfulness, depression, and inability to distinguish the imagined from the real. In the late 19th century many psychiatrists, including the young Sigmund Freud, were convinced these disorders were biological in origin. But when Freud concluded that the knowledge and methods of that time were too limited to attack the complex problems of mental illness, he turned his attention to exploring its psychological aspects, setting a course that psychiatry would follow for many decades. Today, supported by the huge growth of molecular, genetic, and cellular research, the biological approach to psychiatry is making tremendous strides. As a result, we are poised to achieve significant new levels of success in alleviating the suffering of the mentally ill. In this volume the author describes the crucial role biological research is playing in modern psychiatry. The book explains the essential principles of human genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience and psychopharmacology that are helping scientists and practitioners understand the biological roots of mental illness.

Table of Contents

The Evolution of Biological Psychiatry; The Genetics of Behaviour; How Genes Work; Neurons, Circuits, and Neurotransmission; Drugs and Receptors; Mania and Depression; Schizophrenia; Fears and Compulsions; Epilogue.

Additional information

GOR006413987
9780716750413
0716750414
Molecules and Mental Illness by Samuel H Barondes
Used - Good
Hardback
Scientific American Library
19930101
224
N/A
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