Psychopathology: The Evolving Science of Mental Disorder

by Edited by Steven Matthysse , Francine M. Benes , Deborah L. Levy , Jerome Kagan

• ISBN13: 9780521032599
• ISBN10: 0521032598
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The scientific study of mental disorder is exciting today because of discoveries in molecular genetics, cognitive processes, neurochemistry and neuroanatomy. The study of mental disorder has evolved from a primarily descriptive discipline into a mature science that encompasses both biological underpinnings and social and developmental work. Psychopathology combines these fields of research to present a comprehensive picture of psychosis. In this important volume, distinguished investigators from these fields present findings from their laboratories, as well as perspectives on areas of rapid growth and change. The editors also provide thoughtful overviews of four major topics in psychopathology research: brain mechanisms, thinking, development and genetics. This book will appeal to graduate students, clinicians and researchers in the fields of psychiatry, cognitive science and neuroscience.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Brain Mechanisms

Editor+s introduction: from controversy to connectivity

The functional parcellation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the heterogeneous facets of schizophrenia

Components of working memory deficit in schizophrenia

Temporal lobe structural abnormalities in schizophrenia: a selective review and presentation of new magnetic resonance findings

Location, location, location: the pathway from behavior to brain locus in schizophrenia

The defects of affect and attention in schizophrenia: a possible neuroanatomical substrate

Development

Editor+s introduction: methods in the developmental study of madness

Developmental psychopathology: from attribution toward information

Comments

A paradoxical partnership: some historical and contemporary referents linking adult schizophreniform disorder and resilient children under stress

A look at the evolution of developmental models of schizophrenia

Developmental theory: lessons from the study of risk and psychopathology

The return of the ancients: on temperament and development

Thinking

Editor+s introduction: Upward toward phenomenology m downward toward physiology

The psychometric assessment of schizophrenia proneness

Politeness in schizophrenia

Comments

Neuroleptic treatment effects in relation to psychotherapy, social skills training and social withdrawal in schizophrenics

Comments

Familial factors in the impairment of attention in schizophrenia: data from Ireland, Israel and the District of Columbia

Parsing cognitive processes: psychopathological and neurophysiological constraints

Cognitive psychopathology in schizophrenia: explorations in language, memory, associations and movements

Genetics

Editor+s introduction: contemporary issues in the genetics of psychopathological disorders

Genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of schizophrenia

Problems and paradoxes in research on the etiology of schizophrenia

Comments

Epistemological issues in psychiatric research

Searching for major genes in schizophrenia

The Drosophila eye and the genetics of schizophrenia

Response and Reflections

Reflections on the developing science of psychopathology

Author index

Subject index

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