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Schlaepfer (psychiatry, U. of Bonn, Germany, and psychiatric neuroimaging, Johns Hopkins U.) and Nemeroff (psychiatry and behavioral sciences, U. of Miami) present a 45-chapter manual on the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, for psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuroscientists. Each chapter has been contributed by one author from the US and another from elsewhere (Europe, China, South Africa, Canada, or Israel), who are psychiatrists, neuroscientists, neurologists, and other physicians. They cover the history of psychiatry and neuroscience, receptor signaling and the cell biology of synaptic transmission, the genetics of schizophrenia, neurological and psychiatric aspects of emotion, cognitive neuropsychological research methods, structural imaging in psychiatric disorders, human functional neuroimaging, neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in depression, animal models, psychiatric epidemiology, emerging methods in the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disorders, clinical psychoneuroimmunology, and psychiatric rating scales. Chapters then address depression, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety and panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, substance abuse disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, psychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, sleep disorders, depression and cardiovascular disorders, psychiatric disorders among cancer patients, chronic fatigue syndrome, neurocognitive deficits in patients with HIV, gastrointestinal disorders, the role of psychotherapy, pharmacology and neuroimaging, antipsychotic drugs, anxiolytics, brain stimulation therapies, light and wake therapy, and the pharmacogenetics of antidepressants and mood stabilizers. Disorder chapters include information on neurobiological findings, genetics, treatment, diagnosis, epidemiology, and other aspects. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
