Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry: The Pathophysiology of Behavior and Mental Illness

This comprehensive and accessible textbook bridges the gap between neuroscience and mental health disorders, providing readers with a basic link between the two disciplines.

Fully updated and easy to follow, it is useful for board exam review as well as for practicing clinicians looking to keep pace with the latest advances in neuroscience.

With clear and direct language, practical applications, insightful illustrations, and review questions following each chapter, this textbook enhances understanding of basic neuroscientific concepts underlying commonly encountered disorders and the effects of brain chemistry on common behaviors.

Whether you are a psychiatry resident or clinician trained prior to the paradigm shift, this book is an outstanding introduction to neuroscience that should be the minimum requirement for every psychiatrist!