Neuroendocrinology
Neuroendocrinology Charles B. Nemeroff Gretchen N. Neigh Definitions and principles In the late 1950s, a controversy arose in endocrinology and neuroscience concerning whether neurones are capable of manufacturing and secreting…
Neurodevelopment
Neurodevelopment Karl Zilles Neural induction The central nervous system originates from the midline region of the embryo as a specialized area of ectoderm, the neuroectoderm, or neural plate. FGF (fibroblast…
Neuroanatomy
Neuroanatomy R. C. A. Pearson† † Dr. Pearson died while this new edition was being prepared. The editors pay tribute to his scientific achievements and to his contributions to this…
Statistics and the Design of Experiments and Surveys
Statistics and the Design of Experiments and Surveys Graham Dunn Introduction Research into mental illness uses a much wider variety of statistical methods than those familiar to a typical medical…
Brain and Mind
Brain and Mind Martin Davies History of the mind-brain relation The thesis that the brain, rather than the heart, is the seat of the mind was already widely accepted by…
From Science to Practice
From Science to Practice John R. Geddes The difficulties in keeping up to date Clinicians need accurate and up-to-date information about emerging knowledge on assessment and treatment as well as…
Diagnosis and Classification
Diagnosis and Classification Michael B. First Harold Alan Pincus In Psychiatry, as in all of medicine, diagnosis is a key function and central to developing a plan of treatment for…
Questionnaire, Rating, and Behavioural Methods of Assessment
Questionnaire, Rating, and Behavioural Methods of Assessment John N. Hall The earliest forms of psychiatric assessment were based on direct interviews with patients, on reported observations by those who knew…
Cognitive Assessment
Cognitive Assessment Graham E. Powell Principles of assessment Assessment, testing, or measurement is the evaluation of the individual in numerical or categorical terms, adhering to a range of statistical and…
Assessment of Personality
Assessment of Personality C. Robert Cloninger Introduction The assessment of personality provides the context needed to understand someone as a whole person with particular goals and values that they pursue…
