Landmark Papers in Psychiatry

by Ryznar, Elizabeth; Pederson, Aderonke B.; Reinecke, Mark A.; Csernansky, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780198836506
• ISBN10: 0198836503
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-03-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Elizabeth Ryznar, Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA,Aderonke B. Pederson, Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA,Mark A. Reinecke, Chief of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA,John G. Csernansky, Gilman Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Elizabeth Ryznar is currently a fourth year psychiatry resident at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago, where she also completed the Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program. She received her M.Sc. in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford and is fluent in Polish and Spanish. Her clinical and research interests include community psychiatry, childhood trauma, psychiatric diagnosis, and medical education. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and has presented at national meetings. Dr. Ryznar has been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a Leadership Fellow (2017-2019) and by the American College of Psychiatrists as a Laughlin Fellow (2018) and returning fellow (2019).

Dr. Aderonke B. Pederson is a 4th year psychiatry resident at the McGaw Medical center of Northwestern University, serving as chief resident. She graduated from University of Chicago as a double major in biological sciences and international studies. She completed her medical degree at Northwestern's University Feinberg school of medicine and was an American Psychiatric Association diversity leadership fellow in 2017-2018. She is a recipient of federal funding through the APA SAMHSA fellowship (2018-2019), completing research in minority mental health with a focus on mental health stigma among underserved black minority women in an urban setting. She has reviewed books and published peer-reviewed articles. She is also working on a global health certificate program at her institution with a focus in Nigeria (West Africa) and designed a seminar in West Africa on mental health stigma awareness among young adults.

Professor Mark A. Reinecke is Chief of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.


Professor John G. Csernansky currently serves as the Gilman Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Previously, he served as the Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. His research interests include the neuroimaging of neuropsychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia, clinical trials of cognition-enhancing drugs, and the development of new animal models for neuropsychiatric disorders.

Table of Contents

I. Foundational Topics
1. Diagnosis and conceptualization of mental illness, Awais Aftab and John G. Csernansky
2. Epidemiology, Elizabeth Ryznar and Harvey Whiteford
II. Pathogenesis
3. The neurochemical basis of psychiatric disorders, Elizabeth Ryznar and Herbert Y. Meltzer
4. Genetics, Edwin H. Cook Jr. and Marina Bayeva
5. Inflammatory mechanisms, the immune system and psychiatric illness, Ozan Toy, Emmalee Boyle, and Lynn E. DeLisi
6. Psychological and social factors, Shaun M. Eack
III. Pharmacotherapy
7. Schizophrenia, David. V. Braitman and Juan. R. Bustillo
8. Pharmacotherapy of mood disorders, Jair C. Soares, Marsal Sanches, and Rodrigo Machado-Vieira
9. Pharmacotherapy of anxiety and related disorders, Dan J. Stein
10. Child and adolescent psychiatry, Jenni E. Farrow, Francisco Romo-Nava, and Melissa Delbello
IV. Psychosocial interventions
11. Psychodynamic therapy, Kevin S. McCarthy and Richard F. Summers
12. Cognitive behavioral therapy, Keith S. Dobson
13. Third wave psychotherapies, Amanda A. Uliaszek, Nadia Al-Dajani, Amanda Ferguson, and Zindel V. Segal
14. Psychosocial rehabilitation, Mariam Ujeyl and Wulf Rossler
15. Social and community psychiatry, Neil Jordan
16. Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology, Mark R. Dadds, Yixin Jiang, Valsamma Eapen, and Stephen Scott
VI. Somatic Treatments
17. Electroconvulsive therapy, Keith G. Rasmussen
18. Non-convulsive brain stimulation, Kevin A. Caulfield and Mark S. George
19. Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression, Paul E. Holtzheimer and Helen Mayberg
VII. Special Considerations
20. Psychiatric ethics, Rachel E. Zettl and John Z. Sadler
21. Forensics, Stephen H. Dinwiddie
22. Suicide, Danuta Wasserman, Marcus Sokolowski, and Carli Vladimir
23. Research methodology, Robert D. Gibbons