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Ob Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) eigentlich ein Medicus werden wollte, oder das nur einem Förderer zuliebe behauptete, bleibt unsicher. Sich selbst hielt er aufgrund seiner engen Brust für hypochondrisch veranlagt und wahrte daher Abstand zu gefährlichen Krankheiten, vor allem denen des Geistes. Seine Studenten – darunter Herder, Herz, Lenz und Hoffmann - begeisterte er weit weniger mit Logik und Metaphysik als mit aufregenden Erkenntnissen zu fernen Ländern, ihren fremdartigen Bewohnern und dort lauernden gesundheitlichen Gefahren. Für Körperkrankheiten forderte er jenseits einer veterinärmedizinisch angelegten Therapie deren philosophische Mitbehandlung. Für forensische Fragen reklamierte er die Zuständigkeit der philosophischen Fakultät. Zum Sitz der Seele entwickelte er originelle Ideen, die zum Bau eines ersten Nervenmodells führten. Vorbehalte gegen eine Pockenimpfung konnte Kant nicht überwinden, da er eine Veränderung der Keimbahn befürchtete. Er wollte sehen wie lang das Zeug hält und verwendete in seinen letzten Jahrzehnten alle klassischen Mittel der Diätetik um sein Leben erfolgreich zu verlängern. Diese sex res non naturales spielen auch heute noch eine unverminderte Rolle in der Prävention weit verbreiteter Erkrankungen. Dann setzte ihm die electrische Revolution der Luft-Straten zu. Gegen Ende sollten ihn seine Vertrauten wie ein Kind betrachten, das der Nachwelt jedoch noch ein umfangreiches Werk mit tiefen Einblicken in sein Denken hinterliess, das Opus postumum.

Harris'Developmental Neuropsychiatry: The Interface with Cognitive and Social Neuroscience provides updated information to the first edition which was awarded Dewey's Medical Book of the Year. The outcome of many discussions with faculty members, residents, medical students, and nonmedical professionals over the past three decades at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital, this revamped second edition provides a comprehensive summary of knowledge and literature acquired through the authors'work with children and adolescents with developmental disorders and their families. This second edition features new material including epigenetics, social and affective neuroscience, updated DSM definitions and criteria for specific disorders, as well as all the latest genetics from the past 15 years. Harris'Developmental Neurospychiatry will be an invaluable resource for medical and graduate students.

This book addresses a wide range of issues situated in the core of theoreticians'and clinicians'work in the field of giftedness. It gathers practical issues, relevant for the lives of many gifted children, adolescents and adults, from a neuropsychological point of view. By studying the basic questions in gifted education through a neuropsychological lens, this book aims to establish a uniform new way for the treatment of gifted children with social or emotional difficulties, learning disabilities, physical limitations, or psychological and psychiatric disorders. This book helps educators and mental-health professionals to obtain a deeper understanding of the neurological system and its role in learning. This includes memory, knowledge-processing, making connections, and the implications on the cognitive, emotional, and physical aspects – all of which play major roles in the life of each gifted child and adolescent. By acquiring this new knowledge, more teachers, counsellors, psychologists and psychiatrists will be able to help individuals materialize their giftedness, while preserving their mental health and productivity.

This may be the single most important book you ever buy during your medical training. Rotations come and go, exams come and go, but regardless of specialty, patient-care will be at the heart of your practice. It is no exaggeration to say that motivational interviewing (MI) has transformed the way doctors engage with patients, families, and colleagues alike. MI is among the most powerful tools available to promote behavior change in patients. In an age of chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity), behavior change is no longer limited to substance use or the field of psychiatry - maladaptive choices and behaviors that negatively impact health outcomes are rampant. There is an explosion of research projects using MI or adaptations of MI in the behavioral health medicine field in the past decade. Hospitalizations can't make people change. How marvelous is it that an evidence-based health behavior change approach (MI) can help people change the outcomes of their illnesses and the course of their lives. This therapeutic approach is not a form of psychotherapy and is not the stuff of cobwebs and old leather couches. MI is readily integrated into regular ward rounds and office visits and provides an effective and efficient approach to patients clinical encounters. Written by experts in the field and medical trainees across medicine, the second edition of the MI guide explores how MI enhances contact with patients from every level of training, following an accessible, succinct approach. This book covers the application of MI method and skills into practice and also includes numerous clinical scenarios, personal reflections and online animated clinical vignettes (video clips) that share the challenges and successes the authors have focused. Furthermore this book is endorsed by the pioneers of MI: William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick.

Frightening and destabilizing as they may be, personal crises can also provide meaningful opportunities for learning and growth. For individuals struggling with mental disorders, however, mitigating the former and fostering the latter can be challenging, particularly in the context of what are often time-limited conversations or a limited number of visits.In Crisis Integration With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Theory and Practice, health care professionals will find a practical guide, informed by both theory and evidence, to the psychological skills patients need to deal with and grow through crises.Enlivened by detailed and engaging clinical dialogues—all based on real-world clinical practice—this book introduces the acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) model, demonstrating how it applies to findings from crisis studies and can be integrated into clinical practice. It then delves into the three core processes of ACT: • Mindfulness, as understood in terms of predictive coding as well as non-systematic interoceptive exposure, and its effectiveness in both acute and chronic crises• Self-compassion and how the action of bringing affection and kindness to oneself during intense torment can be crucial to acceptance• Engagement with life and the importance of controlling one's own behavior in the midst of otherwise uncontrollable crisis-provoking events Although crises come in a variety of forms, Crisis Integration With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Theory and Practice argues that the core processes that underpin the generation and maintenance of a crisis response are essentially the same and helps to simplify the conceptualization of complex clinical presentations.By accessibly and deftly melding crisis science, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and the practice of mindfulness, this volume offers readers—be they psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, psychotherapists, or other health care professionals—an approach that is easy to learn, simple to remember, and applicable to any crisis situation that their patients may be confronting.

This book, Mind, Brain and Education, comprises selected topics from Neurology and Psychiatry, showing both their common ground and their differences. A special emphasis is given to the role of scientific gathering with the Mind & Brain Congress as a platform for educating younger colleagues and widening their perspectives in the field of both disciplines. With the new discipline of Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology (PNEI) and its translation to clinical practice, our long-standing comprehensive approach to the interrelation and bridging of the mind and the brain contributes to a better understanding of this challenging topic. The reader can find new facts showing how diseases are the result of an alteration at the bio-psycho-social level. PNEI provides knowledge about the biological dynamics of conventional medicine and of the importance of lifestyle changes in order to fight disease. Written by experts in the field, the exceptional new approach provided by thisbook, makes it an innovative tool for spreading new knowledge, and implementing it in everyday clinical practice for the benefit of patients and even more so, to prevent them becoming patients in the first place.

Der hohe Anteil allgemein organisch und speziell hirnorganisch bedingter psychischer Störungen innerhalb der Gesamtheit psychiatrischer Krankheiten ist Veranlassung für das vorliegende Buch. Es geht um die Bedeutung und Häufigkeit organischer Beteiligungen bei psychischen Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Des Weiteren werden Informationen zu bildgebenden Verfahren der Diagnostik und neueren funktionellen Methoden vermittelt; dabei geht es auch um die kritische Diskussion von Aufwand und Nutzen. Zusätzlich werden organisch bedingte Psychosen mit Wahn und Halluzinationen, endokrine Psychosyndrome sowie organische psychische Störungen aus dem Grenzbereich der Onkologie dargestellt. Ausführlich wird die Therapie der Demenzen behandelt sowohl im Hinblick auf psychosoziale Interventionen als auch auf das Für und Wider medikamentöser Therapien.

This new edition fully updates and expands Faro and Mohamed's Functional Neuroradiology, a gold standard, comprehensive introduction to the state-of-the-art functional imaging in neuroradiology, including the physical principles and clinical applications of Diffusion, Perfusion, Permeability, MR spectroscopy, Positron Emission Tomography, BOLD fMRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging. With chapters written by internationally distinguished neuroradiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, cognitive neuroscientists, and physicists, Functional Neuroradiology is divided into 12 major sections, including: Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging, Multi-Modality Functional Neuroradiology, BOLD Functional MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Presurgical Brain Tumor Mapping, Emerging neuroimaging techniques, Functional Spine and Hydrocephalus imaging, and Neuroanatomical Gray and Whitematter Brain Atlases. This second edition is fully updated throughout and includes more than 15 new chapters on topics such as: Brain tumor Radiogenomics, CNS Tumor Surveillance and Functional MR Perfusion Imaging, CNS Machine Learning, Focused Ultrasound therapy, TBI Sports Related Injury, and CNS Lymphatic system. By offering readers a complete overview of functional imaging modalities and techniques currently used in patient diagnosis and management, as well as emerging technology, Functional Neuroradiology is a vital information source for physicians and cognitive neuroscientists involved in daily practice and research.

Dieses Buch richtet sich an Ärzte, Psychologen, Sozialpädagogen, Sozialarbeiter, Pflegemitarbeiter und Angehörige anderer mit schizophrenen Patienten arbeitenden Berufe. Ihnen und allen weiteren Interessierten soll es Gelegenheit geben, sich über die Fortschritte der aktuellen Schizophrenieforschung anwendungsbezogen zu orientieren. Folgende Themenschwerpunkte werden behandelt: Der gegenwärtige Stand der Früherkennung und die sich daraus ableitenden prophylaktischen und therapeutischen Konsequenzen; die Psychotherapien, insbesondere die psychodynamischen Therapieverfahren sowie die neueren kognitiven Behandlungsmethoden von Wahn und Halluzinationen; und schließlich die Fortschritte in der Pharmakotherapie, hier vor allem die atypischen Neuroleptika und Depotneuroleptika. Hinzu kommen Kapitel über neurobiologische Grundlagen und die Schizophrenie im Jugendalter, den Umgang mit postpartalen Psychosen einschließlich Mutter-Kind-Behandlung und Fallsupervision psychodynamischer Therapien bei Schizophrenen. Diese aktuellen Ansätze werden von anerkannten Experten dargestellt.

Dieses Buch unterstützt alle Fachärzte, die Elektroenzephalographie klinisch anwenden: Es hilft dabei, klinisch brauchbare Kurven zu gewinnen und die vielfältigen EEG-Befunde zu interpretieren, aber auch dabei Fehler zu vermeiden.Die Autoren verdeutlichen die physiologischen und pathophysiologischen Grundlagen der Elektroenzephalographie und machen die Technologie behutsam verständlich: Besprochen werden die EEG-Potentiale in ihrer Normalität und in den verschiedenen Formen pathologischer EEG-Veränderungen.Das Buch wurde für die 4. Auflage grundlegend überarbeitet und aktualisiert, u.a. zu den epileptischen Erregungssteigerungen und prächirurgische Ableitungen sowie zu Medikamenteneffekten und zur Diagnostik des irreversiblen Hirnfunktionsausfalls. Neue Kapitel betreffen das Neuromonitoring auf der Intensivstation (cEEG) sowie das EEG-Mapping.

Weltweit versterben jährlich etwa 1 Mio. Menschen durch Suizid und 20-50 Mio. Suizidversuche werden durchgeführt. Psychische Erkrankungen, aber auch Krisen in ihren vielfältigen Ausgestaltungen sind eng mit einem erhöhten Suizidrisiko verbunden. Dieses Buch fasst die heutigen Vorstellungen zu Suizid und Suizidprävention aus psychiatrisch-psychotherapeutischer Sicht zusammen und stellt umfassend Kriseninterventions- und Präventionsansätze vor. Die 2. Auflage ist um aktuelle Themen ergänzt, wie z.B. die intensiv diskutierte Suizidbeihilfe. Zahlreiche Beispiele runden das praxisorientierte Werk ab.

Dieses Buch zeigt Psychotherapeutinnen und -therapeuten, wie störungsspezifische Verhaltenstherapie durch transdiagnostisch wirksame Prozesse der Schematherapie angereichert werden kann. Besonders bei Behandelten mit niedrigem Funktionsniveau und schwierigen Therapieverläufen ist dieser duale Fokus entscheidend für einen nachhaltigen Behandlungserfolg. Im konzeptuellen Teil I wird der Erweiterungsbedarf u. a. entlang der Neuerungen von DSM-5 und ICD-11 und neurowissenschaftlicher Perspektiven beleuchtet und ein grundlegendes Konzept der Verzahnung von SORKC-Modell und schematherapeutischem Modusmodell entwickelt. Im praxisorientierten Teil II stellen wir die schematherapeutisch erweiterten Störungsmodelle und Behandlungspläne für ausgesuchte Störungen dar. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schweiger. Aus dem Inhalt: Praxisorientierte Leitfäden zur Indikationsstellung und Prozesssteuerung – detaillierte Veranschaulichung der Modelle und Techniken – ausführliche Anleitung für Depression, Soziale Angststörung, GAS, Zwangsstörung, PTBS. Die Autorinnen: Dr. Claudia Stromberg, Psychologische Psychotherapeutin, Verhaltens- und Schematherapie. Dozentin und Supervisorin in Aus- und Fortbildung, Institutsleitung GAP Frankfurt, Co-Trainings-Director IST-F, Vorstandsmitglied des DVT. Dr. Kristin Zickenheiner, Psychologische Psychotherapeutin, Verhaltens- und Schematherapie. Dozentin und Supervisorin in Aus- und Fortbildung, tätig in eigener Praxis, ehem. Vorstandsmitglied ISST.

Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie benötigen mehr denn je philosophisches Handwerk zur vertieften Reflexion ihrer Methoden und zum aktuellen Verständnis ihrer grundlegenden Themen: Mensch, Geist, Gehirn, Leiblichkeit, Sozialität, psychische Krankheit, innere Freiheit, Verantwortung, Selbstbestimmung u.a.Dazu versammelt das Buch Beiträge namhafter Autoren aus beiden Fachgebieten. Konstante Beachtung findet die Idee der Brücken zwischen diesen Disziplinen. Mehrheitlich kommen deshalb Autoren zu Wort, die in ihrer Person psychiatrische und philosophische Kompetenz vereinen.

This book presents a broad range of perspectives on the topic of CPAP adherence. This includes theoretical underpinnings of adherence; multi-disciplinary practical approaches as well as special considerations in diverse clinical populations, age groups and cultures by authors from five continents. CPAP Adherence is a novel and highly relevant publication for sleep physicians, psychologists, dentists, respiratory therapists, sleep technicians, family physicians as well as PAP and oral appliance providers. This book will help improve patient care and quality of life.

This textbook provides a state of the art of the knowledge on the prevalence, risk and etiological factors, clinical features, assessment procedures and tools, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prognosis of the psychiatric disorders encountered in people with intellectual disability (ID) and low-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ID and ASD represent two meta-syndromic groups of several different conditions, each with particular cognitive and communication features. People with ID/ASD display an increased prevalence of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety and stress-related disorders, somatoform disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well behavioral syndromes, personality disorders, and disorders due to psychoactive substance use. This book will enable readers to understand the specificities of psychiatric disorders in the context of ID/ASD. It explains clearly how diagnostic criteria and assessment procedures for psychiatric disorders that were created for the general population have to be modified for use with ID/ASD. Above all, it will enable clinicians to overcome difficulties in diagnosis and to deliver more effective care that meets the particular needs of patients with ID/ASD.

This handbook reviews promising applications of psychedelics in treatment of such challenging psychiatric problems as posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, substance use disorders, and end-of-life anxiety. Experts from multiple disciplines synthesize current knowledge on psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, and other medical hallucinogens. The volume comprehensively examines these substances'neurobiological mechanisms, clinical effects, therapeutic potential, risks, and anthropological and historical contexts. Coverage ranges from basic science to practical clinical considerations, including patient screening and selection, dosages and routes of administration, how psychedelic-assisted sessions are structured and conducted, and management of adverse reactions.

Now in a revised and expanded fourth edition, this definitive reference and text has more than 50% new material, reflecting a decade of theoretical and empirical advances. Prominent researchers describe major theories and review cutting-edge findings. The volume explores how personality emerges from and interacts with biological, developmental, cognitive, affective, and social processes, and the implications for well-being and health. Innovative research programs and methods are presented throughout. The concluding section showcases emerging issues and new directions in the field. New to This Edition •Expanded coverage of personality development, with chapters on the overall life course, middle childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. •Three new chapters on affective processes, plus chapters on neurobiology, achievement motivation, cognitive approaches, narcissism, and other new topics. •Section on cutting-edge issues: personality interventions, personality manifestations in everyday life, geographical variation in personality, self-knowledge, and the links between personality and economics. •Added breadth and accessibility--42 more concise chapters, compared to 32 in the prior edition.

This Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of individual differences within the domain of personality, with major sub-topics including assessment and research design, taxonomy, biological factors, evolutionary evidence, motivation, cognition and emotion, as well as gender differences, cultural considerations, and personality disorders. It is an up-to-date reference for this increasingly important area and a key resource for those who study intelligence, personality, motivation, aptitude and their variations within members of a group.

Over its two editions, The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry has come to be regarded as one of the most popular and trusted standard psychiatry texts among psychiatrists and trainees. Bringing together 146 chapters from the leading figures in the discipline, it presents a comprehensive account of clinical psychiatry, with reference to its scientific basis and to the patient's perspective throughout. The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Third Edition has been extensively re-structured and streamlined to keep pace with the significant developments that have taken place in the fields of clinical psychiatry and neuroscience since publication of the second edition in 2009. The new edition has been updated throughout to include the most recent versions of the two main classification systems---the DSM-5 and the ICD-11---used throughout the world for the diagnosis of mental disorders. In the years since publication of the first edition, many new and exciting discoveries have occurred in the biological sciences, which are having a major impact on how we study and practise psychiatry. In addition, psychiatry has fostered closer ties with philosophy, and these are leading to healthy discussions about how we should diagnose and treat mental illness. This new edition recognises these and other developments. Throughout, accounts of clinical practice are linked to the underlying science, and to the evidence for the efficacy of treatments. Physical and psychological treatments, including psychodynamic approaches, are covered in depth. The history of psychiatry, ethics, public health aspects, and public attitudes to psychiatry and to patients are all given due attention.

Dieses Buch appelliert an Sie, Ihren freien Willen zu gebrauchen. Denn allen wissenschaftlichen Unkenrufen zum Trotz: wir haben – wie gezeigt wird – tatsächlich einen freien Willen; wir haben einen Zugriff auf unsere Freiheit. Das ist sogar von allerhöchster Bedeutung: denn unser Selbst scheint erst durch Willensakte zustande zu kommen. Verhält es sich aber so, dann täten wir gut daran, unseren Willen zu bilden, wie es die alten Meditationsschulen empfehlen. Und wodurch gelingt das? Indem wir uns in Achtsamkeit und Selbsthypnose üben, wozu der letzte Teil des Buches anleiten will. Mit einem Geleitwort von Dr. Burkhard Peter. Aus dem Inhalt: Der freie Wille – eine Illusion? – Leben gedeiht in Freiheit – Rückschläge – Mit vielen Beispielen, Übungen und Aha-Momenten. Mit Hörübungen zum Download. Über die Autorin: Dr. med. Ruth Metten ist als Fachärztin für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie in Kempen niedergelassen, beschäftigt sich mit Sterbebegleitung, Achtsamkeit und Selbsthypnose und hält zum Thema dieses Buches Vorträge und Seminare.

The concept of executive functioning has become central in understanding normal and abnormal cognitive processes. This timely volume analyzes the diverse conditions that can result in executive function disturbances, providing research about underlying causes, exploring the differences between developmental and acquired executive'dysfunctions,'and providing approaches for the assessment of executive dysfunction both in children and in adults. In doing so, it addresses a gap in the literature in its analysis of executive function deficits and their link with psychopathology in psychiatric patients for the management of clinical symptoms and social adjustment.Among the specific topics examined: Theoretical approaches for the analysis of the diverse dysexecutive syndromes Common executive dysfunction syndromes found during childhood development: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders Consequences of executive function deficits in the use of information technology Executive dysfunction and personality disorders Common executive function tests, assessment issues in executive dysfunction, and cross-cultural and bilingual questions in assessment of executive dysfunction Dysexecutive Syndromes: Clinical and Experimental Perspectives expertly extends the analysis of executive functions and dysfunctions from a fundamental and clinical perspective. It is essential reading for clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists, and graduate and post-graduate students in psychology, neurology, and the health neurosciences, as well as clinicians, counselors, and psychometricians working with neuropsychiatric assessment.

This handbook examines state-of-the-art research and clinical findings on attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS) across the globe. It addresses symptoms, assessment methods, and treatment approaches as they differ and converge across countries and cultures. The handbook explores how the illness impairs many aspects of daily functioning, with high rates of suicide and a reduced life span. It details how early detection is critical and may greatly reduce the public health burden of the illness. Chapters describe the early identification and intervention efforts that are currently underway across the world. The book offers international findings from prominent researchers, elaborating culturally relevant illness symptoms, help-seeking behaviors, and assessment and intervention strategies. In addition, chapters illustrate wide variations in symptom expression and experience, reinforcing the necessity of culturally attuned practice in patient-centered care. The book concludes by examiningthe implications – challenges and opportunities – for future research and clinical practices from an international perspective.Topics featured in the Handbook include:Barriers to service in low-resourced countries. The role of traditional or culturally acceptable care in developing early intervention models. The reliability and validity of tools for assessing and identifying APS.Possible medical diagnoses that can present with APS symptoms and how to differentiate these conditions from APS. The Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, and related professionals as well as graduate students in child and school psychology, psychiatry, social work, and related disciplines.

The field of phenomenological psychopathology (PP) is concerned with exploring and describing the individual experience of those suffering from mental disorders. Whilst there is often an understandable emphasis within psychiatry on diagnosis and treatment, the subjective experience of the individual is frequently overlooked. Yet a patient's own account of how their illness affects their thoughts, values, consciousness, and sense of self, can provide important insights into their condition - insights that can complement the more empirical findings from studies of brain function or behaviour. The Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychopathology is the first ever comprehensive review of the field. It considers the history of PP, its methodology, key concepts, and includes a section exploring individual experiences within schizophrenia, depression, borderline personality disorder, OCD, and phobia. In addition it includes chapters on some of the leading figures throughout the history of this field. Bringing together chapters from a global team of leading academics, researchers and practitioners, the book will be valuable for those within the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and philosophy.

Mit zunehmender Überalterung der Bevölkerung kommt den Problemen der psychiatrischen Alterspathologie eine ständig wachsende Bedeutung zu. Deshalb ist diesem Thema erstmals im Rahmen der Psychiatrie der Gegenwart ein eigener Band gewidmet, der alle Aspekte der Alterspsychiatrie (Gerontopsychiatrie) umfassend abhandelt. Die Alterspsychologie, die Klinik, das Demenzproblem, die Psychotherapie, die Pharmakotherapie, aber auch Versorgungsprobleme und Fragen der Sterbehilfe werden von kompetenten Fachleuten nach dem heutigen Kenntnisstand dargestellt.

This book presents the state of the art in the use of neuroimaging technologies in the study of schizophrenia and other primary psychotic disorders. The contributions of neuroimaging in the characterization of these disorders are reviewed across diagnoses, by focusing on psychopathological domains and at-risk populations in order to understand the implications for treatment. The principal neuroimaging findings are described in detail, identifying those that are common to and specific for each disorder and highlighting important pitfalls. Attention is drawn to potential translational aspects of research in the field, with discussion of emerging innovative perspectives. Neuroimaging research has shown that abnormalities of brain structure and function associated with psychiatric disorders do not reflect the boundaries of current diagnostic categories. However, neuroimaging findings are being reconsidered in the light of recent research proposals aimed at re-conceptualizingclassification systems in Psychiatry. Written by leading experts, this book will appeal to all with an interest in the field, including researchers, clinicians, and trainees.

Forensische Psychiatrie und Rechtswissenschaft, gesetzliche Bestimmungen und Rechtsprechung entwickeln sich ständig weiter. In den letzten Jahren wurden wesentliche Änderungen in den Bereichen Unterbringung, freiheitsentziehende sowie Behandlungsmaßnahmen unter Zwang vorgenommen. Der forensisch-psychiatrisch Tätige muss sich daher stets von neuem mit den Inhalten seines Fachgebietes auseinandersetzen und seine Kenntnisse auf dem neuesten Stand halten. Dieses Buch hält sich an allgemein akzeptierte Grundsätze und Standards der Forensischen Psychiatrie und wurde für die Neuauflage überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Es enthält eine fundierte und überschaubare Einführung ins Fachgebiet und bietet praktische Hilfe für Psychiater, die ihre Tätigkeit als Gutachter beginnen. Auch erfahrene Gutachter profitieren von der übersichtlichen Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten Grundlagen. Angehörige anderer Berufe mit Vorkenntnissen, z. B. Juristen, Sozialarbeiter und Psychologen, finden hier forensisch-psychiatrische Grundkenntnisse.

This book presents a comprehensive neuropsychodynamic strategy for treating psychiatric disorders. Rather than pursuing an exclusively biological, psychological, or psychodynamic approach, it offers a methodology that links all three aspects in a unifying, integrative model. Central to this approach is the view of the brain as a bio-psychosocial organ in a neuro-ecological model, rather than the purely neuronal model often presupposed in current neuroscience and psychiatry. Moreover, the book views psychopathological symptoms as spatiotemporal disorders of the altered spatiotemporal structure spanning the brain and its surrounding world. The relation between one of the core symptoms and altered neuronal activity calls for the development of integrated, circular neuropsychodynamic models of psychopathological symptoms in severe psychiatric disorders and their treatment.

This authoritative work, now thoroughly revised, has given thousands of clinicians, students, and researchers a state-of-the-art understanding of the human frontal lobes--the large brain region that plays a critical role in behavior, cognition, health, and disease. Leading experts from multiple disciplines address the anatomy and chemistry of the frontal cortex, neuropsychological assessments of capabilities unique to the frontal lobes, the nature of (and possible treatment avenues for) frontotemporal dementia and related conditions, and implications for understanding and treating neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, mania, and depression. Illustrations include eight pages in full color. New to This Edition: •Reflects a decade of important research advances in such areas as functional connectivity mapping of frontal and frontal-subcortical circuits. •Incorporates significant new information on frontotemporal dementia and other neurological disorders. •Expanded section on neuropsychiatric disorders, with new chapters on apathy, dissociative states, and antisocial behavior. •Chapters on salience networks, normal brain aging, white matter diseases, and clinical trials. •Increased attention to brain processes involved in moral reasoning, empathy, decision making, and other key human capabilities.

Seven controversial approaches to schizophrenia, each assuming a distinctive model, biological, psychological, or social, are presented by their leading exponents. Arnold and Edith Buss deal with such fundamental issues as: What is the nature of schizophrenia? What general approach does each theory represent? What does each theory assume, what evidence does it require for proof, and what follows if the theory is correct? While the various approaches covered here have many differences and few similarities, they are not all mutually contradictory, and several may be combined into a larger synthesis.From a biological point of view, schizophrenia is a disease like any other, originating in heredity, tissue malformation, and physiological abnormality. The biological approach is represented here by a theory focusing on genetic and neurological aspects. The psychological approach treats schizophrenia as a failure of adjustment. Within this framework there is considerable disagreement. One theory emphasizes the cognitive problems of perceiving, thinking, and problem-solving; another centers on motivational disturbance, with its attendant problems of anxiety and withdrawal; and two theories focus on regressive behavior.Schizophrenia provides a stimulating basis for discussion by presenting the etiology of schizophrenia in terms of the most significant contemporary approaches. The juxtaposition of these viewpoints enables the professor to maximize students'interest as well as their insight into the complexity of contradictory evidence and opinions.

Das umfangreiche Nachschlagewerk von Möller, Laux und Kapfhammer darf zu Recht als Standardwerk für Psychiatrie im deutschsprachigen Raum bezeichnet werden. Die aktuelle Auflage wurde komplett überarbeitet und aktualisiert, zahlreiche Autoren tragen mit ihrem Expertenwissen dazu bei, dass sowohl Ärzte in Weiterbildung als auch Fachärzte für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie auf alle Fragen umfassende Antworten erhalten. Insgesamt vier Bände enthalten alle Grundlagen der Psychiatrie, Prinzipien der Diagnostik und Behandlung und selbstverständlich einen umfangreichen Teil zu den einzelnen Störungen.Von der Geschichte über Klassifikation, Diagnostik und Therapie aller Krankheitsbilder bis hin zu speziellen Aspekten der Psychiatrie finden Sie hier das gesamte Wissen auf aktuellem Stand.

Since publication of the first edition in 1994, the second edition in 1999, and the third edition in 2009, many new advances in sleep medicine have been made and warrant a fourth edition. This comprehensive text features 19 additional chapters and covers basic science, technical and laboratory aspects and clinical and therapeutic advances in sleep medicine for beginners and seasoned practitioners. With the discovery of new entities, many new techniques and therapies, and evolving basic science understanding of sleep, Sleep Disorders Medicine, Fourth Edition brings old and new knowledge about sleep medicine together succinctly in one place for a deeper understanding of the topic. Neurologists, internists, family physicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, otolaryngologists, dentists, neurosurgeons, neuroscientists, intensivists, as well as those interested in advancing their knowledge in sleep and its disorders, will find this edition to be an invaluable resource to this bourgeoning field.

For nearly 30 years, Dr. Meir Kryger's must-have guide to sleep medicine has been the gold standard in this fast-changing field. This essential, full-color reference includes more than 20 unique sections and over 170 chapters covering every aspect of sleep disorders, giving you the authoritative guidance you need to offer your patients the best possible care. Evidence-based content helps you make the most well-informed clinical decisions. An ideal resource for preparing for the sleep medicine fellowship examination. New content on sleep apnea, neurological disorders, legal aspects of sleep medicine, dental sleep medicine genetics, circadian disorders, geriatrics, women's health, cardiovascular diseases, and occupational sleep medicine, keeps you fully up to date. Updates to scientific discoveries and clinical approaches ensure that you remain current with new knowledge that is advancing the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders. Online access to additional resources, including 95 video clips and over 950 self-assessment questions.

This book presents an authoritative overview of the emerging field of person-centered psychiatry. This perspective, articulating science and humanism, arose within the World Psychiatric Association and aims to shift the focus of psychiatry from organ and disease to the whole person within their individual context. It is part of a broader person-centered perspective in medicine that is being advanced by the International College of Person-Centered Medicine through the annual Geneva Conferences held since 2008 in collaboration with the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses, the International Federation of Social Workers, and the International Alliance of Patients'Organizations, among 30 other international health institutions.In this book, experts in the field cover all aspects of person-centered psychiatry, the conceptual keystones of which include ethical commitment; a holistic approach; a relationship focus; cultural sensitivity; individualized care; establishment of common ground among clinicians, patients, and families for joint diagnostic understanding and shared clinical decision-making; people-centered organization of services; and person-centered health education and research.

This groundbreaking text takes current knowledge of the basal ganglia far from well-known motor-based models to a more inclusive understanding of deep-brain structure and function. Synthesizing diverse perspectives from across the brain-behavioral sciences, it tours the neuroanatomy and circuitry of the basal ganglia, linking their organization to their controlling functions in core cognitive, behavioral, and motor areas, both normative and disordered. Interactions between the basal ganglia and major structures of the brain are identified in their contributions to a diverse range of processes, from language processing to decision-making, emotion to visual perception, motivation to intent. And the basal ganglia are intimately involved in the mechanisms of dysfunction, as evinced by chapters on dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, neuropsychiatric conditions, and addictions. Included in the coverage: Limbic-basal ganglia circuits:parallel and integrative aspects. Dopamine and its actions in the basal ganglia system. Cerebellar-basal ganglia interactions. The basal ganglia contribution to controlled and automatic processing. The basal ganglia and decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders. The circuitry underlying the reinstatement of cocaine seeking: modulation by deep brain stimulation. The basal ganglia and hierarchical control in voluntary behavior. Its breadth and depth of scholarship and data should make The Basal Ganglia a work of great interest to cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and speech-language pathologists.

The Massachusetts General Hospital is widely respected as one of the world's premier psychiatric institutions. Now, preeminent authorities from MGH present a reference that is carefully designed to simplify your access to the current clinical knowledge you need. A remarkably user-friendly organization - with abundant boxed summaries, bullet points, case histories, and algorithms - speeds you to the answers you need. In short, this brand-new reference delivers all the authoritative answers you need to overcome any clinical challenge, in a format that's easier to consult than any other source! Peerless, hands-on advice from members of the esteemed MGH Department of Psychiatry helps you put today's best approaches to work for your patients. The book's highly templated format - with abundant boxed overviews, bulleted points, case histories, algorithms, references, and suggested readings - enables you to locate essential information quickly. Interactive and downloadable Q&As for each chapter allow you to test your retention of the material covered. In-depth coverage of many unique areas, including Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Transitioning Adolescents and Young Adults; Neuroanatomical Systems Relevant to Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychiatry; Military Psychiatry; and Approaches to Collaborative Care and Primary Care Psychiatry. Features full, new DSM-5 criteria; new art, tables, and key points; and new Alzheimer's Disease guidelines. Highlights recent developments in the field, such as neurotherapeutics, new psychotropics, military psychiatry, collaborative care, ensuring your knowledge is thoroughly up to date. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Ist die Psyche nichts als die neuronalen Prozesse im Gehirn? Müssen zentrale mentale Begriffe wie Selbst, Bewusstsein, Unbewusstsein, etc. durch neuronale Mechanismen erklärt werden und die Psychiatrie durch die Neurowissenschaften ersetzt werden? Unser Buch zeigt auf, dass mentale Prozesse und psychische Symptome bei psychiatrischen Erkrankungen wie Schizophrenie, Depression, etc. weder reine geistige noch nur neuronale Prozesse sind. Gehirn ist immer auch schon Umwelt; und es ist die Interaktion der Umwelt-Gehirn-Beziehung, in der psychische Phänomene inklusive ihrer Abnormitäten ihren neuropsychodynamischen Ursprung haben.Der InhaltNeuropsychodynamische GrundlagenNeurosoziale Auffassung des GehirnsPsychoanalytische Konzepte und deren WeiterentwicklungNeuropsychodynamik psychischer StörungenTherapie auf neuropsychodynamischer GrundlageNeurosoziale und neuropsychodynamische ZukunftsperspektivenDie HerausgeberProf. Dr. Heinz Böker, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, Zentrum für Depressionen, Angsterkrankungen und Psychotherapie, Zürich, Schweiz.Prof. Dr. Peter Hartwich, Städtische Kliniken Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/Psychosomatik, Akademisches, Lehrkrankenhaus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.Prof. Dr. Dr. Georg Northoff, University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa/ON, Canada, Zhejang University, Hangzhou/China, Taipeh Medical University Taipeh/Taiwan.

This handbook details best practices and discusses ongoing challenges in assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Chapters address assessment and diagnostic protocols, developmental considerations in ASD assessment, and issues concerning comorbid psychological and medical conditions. Various aspects of the disorder are emphasized throughout the handbook - from assessment in adolescent and adult populations to the latest findings in neuropsychology. The book concludes with future directions for research and clinical applications, focusing on universal screening, improved assessment methods, and earlier and more accurate diagnosis.Topics featured in this handbook include:Types of ASD assessment. Report writing for ASD evaluations.Stress and satisfaction in the diagnostic process.Clinical and neuropsychological perspectives from comorbid diagnosis of ASD and ADHD.Executive functions in ASD.The Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians, professionals, and graduate students in clinical child and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics, and educational psychology.

Schizophrenia and Psychotic Spectrum Disorders aims to engage young caregivers in psychiatry, psychology, nursing and social work so that they will be able to become well informed about this significant--and at times confusing--illness. Because schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most complicated and severe psychiatric disorders, this book has the goal of summarizing key issues of the illness, such as its presentation, frequency and age of onset, and diagnostic characteristics. It also contains informative chapters about the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, ranging from brain development issues, genetics, and likely abnormalities in neurotransmitters. This book will give young professionals and those joining the field an excellent and accessible background to treatment. In this area, Schizophrenia and Psychotic Spectrum Disorders provides a comprehensive approach to diagnosis, treatment initiation, strategies for non-response, approaches of therapy, and importantly, ways to provide family therapy and support.

In der Psychiatrie gewinnen Psychodynamik und Psychotherapie bei Psychosen an Bedeutung. Anders als früher geht es jedoch nicht um eine Alternative zum biologisch akzentuierten Verständnis psychischer Krankheiten oder um rein pharmakologische Therapien, sondern um die sinnvolle Intergration dessen, was bei Psychosekranken therapeutisch machbar und sinnvoll ist. Bei der Vermittlung der theoretischen Grundlagen steht das komplexe Zusammenspiel der Einzelkomponenten im Vordergrund. Entsprechend den modernen Forschungsergebnissen werden neurobiologische, genetische, soziale, individuell entwicklungsgeschichtliche und tiefenpsychologische Fakten zusammengetragen. Individuell abgestimmte Therapievariationen werden mit einem neuropsychodynamischen Verständnis möglich und mit vielen klinischen Beispielen plastisch vermittelt. Sowohl gruppen- als auch einzeltherapeutische Vorgehensweisen werden für ambulante und stationäre Bedingungen herausgearbeitet. Teilweise ist Psychotherapie erst auf dem Boden der Pharmakotherapie möglich, und oft ist die Wechselwirkung von Psychodynamik und Psychopharmaka zu beachten.Dieses Buch vermittelt eine Fülle konkreter Beispiele und Erfahrungen aus der Praxis und gibt den Therapeuten etwas Anschauliches und für die tägliche Arbeit Anwendbares an die Hand.

Das vorliegende Buch beschreibt die aktuellen wissenschaftlichen und klinischen Trends auf dem Gebiet der Schlafmedizin. Nahezu alle Beiträge wurden von führenden Experten des jeweiligen Themengebietes erstellt. Sie widmen sich u.a. aktuellen Erkenntnissen bei der pharmakologischen und verhaltenstherapeutischen Therapie der Insomnien. Der Schichtarbeit und ihren Auswirkungen auf Gesundheit und Schlaf widmen sich gleich mehrere Beiträge. Darüber hinaus werden neue verhaltenstherapeutische Ansätze zur Therapie von Schlafstörungen bei Schichtarbeit beschrieben. Auf dem Gebiet der schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen werden neben deren Ätiologie und klinischer Symptomatik alle therapeutischen Optionen mittels PAP-Geräten, chirurgischen Verfahren incl. N.hypoglossus Stimulation und unterkiefervorverlagernden Schienen ausführlich dargestellt. Neueste Daten zum Herz-Kreislauf- und Schlaganfall-Risiko bei SBAS werden ebenfalls diskutiert. In einem besonderen Beitrag wird auf Faktoren, welche die Therapietreue bei Schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen bedingen ausführlich eingegangen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird den Auswirkungen der Tagesschläfrigkeit auf das Arbeitsleben und der Verkehrssicherheit gewidmet, als auch deren diagnostische Erfassung ausführlich behandelt.

This comprehensive edited volume synthesizes the current state of research and practice in psychological, medical, and motor disorders as they affect individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). It examines how these disorders exist across this population, sometimes confound diagnosis, and often affect individuals'quality of life. In addition, this book explores which treatments are effective for patients and points to future challenges.Comorbid conditions featured include:Challenging behaviors.ADHD, autism, and other conditions present during early childhood.Anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia.Balance and gait problems.Cerebral palsy.Medical conditions common to persons with ID, such as epilepsy, obesity, and chronic pain.Comorbid Conditions in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, and social work as well as rehabilitation medicine/therapy, behavioral therapy, pediatrics, and educational psychology.

This comprehensive volume provides a balanced and easily readable account of the rise of modern sleep medicine, its history and developmental milestones. Authored by an international group of experts, the remarkable progress and fascinating evolution from rudimentary concepts of the ancient prehistoric and early classical periods to our contemporary knowledge are covered in detail. These examples and their relationship to modern therapies offer neurologists, psychiatrists, respiratory specialists, clinicians, researchers and those interested in sleep medicine an important perspective to the origins of current practice.

This title will provide an up-to-date review of the emerging practice of neurology telemedicine. Increasingly, neurology, like other disciplines of medicine, is implementing the technological advances and discoveries of the science of healthcare delivery to improve not only access and efficiency but outcomes and cost as well. For patients in remote and underserved areas, having a neurological condition means lengthy and costly travel to obtain specialist evaluation. Telemedicine has the ability to deliver such care to a patient's local community. Neurology telemedicine for acute stroke has already demonstrated clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness by raising the numbers of thrombolysis-eligible patients who can be treated in a timely fashion. More than 85% of leading US neurology departments currently use or plan to implement telemedicine within the next year. The US military has a limited number of neurologists – a store-and-forward consultation system has enabled military neurologists to deliver far-forward battlefield care for service members deployed overseas. The chapters in this book will review the use of telemedicine for the evaluation and treatment of patients with many common neurological conditions and will provide a practical guide for neurologists seeking to incorporate telemedicine into their daily practices.

Geschrieben für Psychologen, Psychiater, Psychotherapeuten, Pädagogen, Kultur- und GeschichtswissenschaftlerFür den Leser wird die Lektüre zu einer spannenden Forschungsreise in die einzelnen Verzweigungen der internationalen psychologischen wie psychiatrischen Temperamentsforschung. Unter Hinzuziehung seltener Quellentexte und zahlreicher Originalzitate entsteht ein plastischer Eindruck der einzigartigen Kontinuität des Temperaments als wissenschaftlichen Begriff von der Antike bis heute. Erste deutschsprachige Monographie zum Temperament Das Temperament ist neben der Persönlichkeit für ein grundlegendes Verständnis psychischer Prozesse essentiell. Seine Evidenz wird durch inhaltliche Übereinstimmungen aktueller Temperamentstheorien unterstrichen. Die umfangreiche empirische Forschung zeigt zudem seine eminente Bedeutung für die Diagnose und Therapie psychischer Störungen. Auf diesem Wissenshintergrund ist die Kenntnis der Temperamentsforschung für die heutige Psychologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie in Wissenschaft, Klinik und Praxis unentbehrlich.Macht den State of the Art der Temperamentstheorien zugänglich

Wie kein anderes therapeutisches Konzept hat die Arbeit als Mittel zur Heilung die institutionalisierte Anstaltspsychiatrie von Beginn an begleitet und hat heute noch – wenn auch in stark veränderter Form – ihren festen Platz im Therapieangebot psychiatrischer Einrichtungen. Trotz dieses herausragenden Stellenwertes, den die Arbeit der Patientinnen und Patienten in psychiatrischen Anstalten einnahm, gibt es bislang kaum Forschungen dazu. Der Sammelband bietet nun erstmals einen historischen Überblick über das therapeutische Konzept von Arbeit und dessen Bedeutung für die Behandlung psychisch Kranker seit dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert bis in die Zeit des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Die einzelnen Beiträge beleuchten quellennah und mit unterschiedlichen Schwerpunkten die Praxis der Arbeitstherapie in einzelnen Anstalten und setzen diese in den Kontext der politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Entwicklungen ihrer Zeit. So werden Brüche und Kontinuitäten des arbeitstherapeutischen Konzepts, veränderte Zielsetzungen wie auch die vielfältigen Effekte seiner Anwendung erfassbar. Soziologische und philosophische Annäherungen erweitern zudem den Blick auf die unterschiedlichen Konzepte von Arbeit und ihrer Funktionalisierung durch die Psychiatrie.

This updated resource refines and expands on both the core concepts and the real-world practice of consultation-liaison psychiatry in medical settings. New and revised chapters provide background and basics and describe CL psychiatry approaches to managing a wide array of common conditions, including heart disease, dementia, anxiety and depressive disorders, alcohol and substance use problems, and chronic pain. Besides the fine points of practice in varied chronic and acute care settings, specific patient populations such as children, elders, ob/gyn patients, and the immunocompromised are discussed. The latest information and insights on pharmacology, interviewing, and ethical and cultural issues round out the book's highly accessible coverage.A sampling of topics in the Handbook:Basic foundations of diagnosis, psychiatric diagnosis, and final common pathway syndromes.An integrative care model of psychiatry in the primary care setting.Patient personality, personality types and traits, and disorders.The chronic patient and the palliative care setting.Trauma- and stressor-related disorders.Somatic symptoms and related disorders.The Second Edition of the Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry ably follows its predecessor by presenting the diverse state of the specialty to enhance the work of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and primary care physicians.