Brain Science and Psychological Disorders

New Perspectives on Psychotherapeutic Treatment

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Brain Science and Psychological Disorders demystifies the field of neuroscience, offering a brisk, digestible narrative of how malfunctioning neurons and neurochemicals can result in psychological disorders. In doing so, Kraly explains the roles of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in helping to repair various mental health problems, including depression and mania, anxiety, substance abuse, bulimia and anorexia, ADHD, and schizophrenia.Also available in paperback as The Unwell Brain: Understanding the Psychobiology of Mental Health.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-07-17
Mått:163 x 241 x 23 mm
Vikt:486 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9780393704655

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F. Scott Kraly, PhD, is Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Colgate University. He earned his doctorate at The Johns Hopkins University, was research fellow in Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College, and now teaches psychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience, having served as Chairperson of Psychology, Coordinator of Neuroscience, and Director of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Colgate. He is the author of Brain Science and Psychological Disorders (Norton, 2006), and has published articles in Nature, Psychological Review, Alcohol, Appetite, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, American Journal of Physiology, and elsewhere.