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The Biological Basis of Mental Health

Autor William T. Blows
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 noi 2021

This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing.

This fully revised fourth edition includes new chapters on behavioural science, and brain-gut and brain-gender connections, as well as expanded content on memory and genetics. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic research with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health covers topics including brain development, neural communication, neurotransmitters and receptors, hormones and behaviour, genetic disorders, pharmacology, substance misuse, anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, epilepsy, subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain, dementia, developmental disorders, and sleep.

This unique textbook is an essential read for all healthcare students, practitioners and educators with an interest in mental health and neuroscience.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367563189
ISBN-10: 0367563185
Pagini: 468
Ilustrații: 63 Tables, black and white; 182 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 187 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Ediția:4 ed
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Cuprins

1.Introduction to the brain.  2.Brain development  3.Neural communication  4.Neurotransmitters and receptors  5.The brain-body connection: Gut microbiota, immunity and brain gender.  6.Hormones  7.Behaviour  8.Genetics I: Introduction and Autosomes  9.Genetics II: Sex chromosomes and gene disorders.  10.Pharmacology  11.Illicit substance use disorders  12.Common substance misuse  13.Emotions  14.Stress, anxiety and fear.  15.Schizophrenia  16.Antipsychotic drugs  17.Affective disorders  18.Antidepressant drugs  19.Epilepsy  20.Subcortical degenerative disorders of the brain  21.Memory and learning  22.The ageing brain and dementia  23.Communication and developmental disorders  24.Sleep

Notă biografică

William T. Blows was formerly a lecturer at City University of London, UK where he taught biology to nurses.

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This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing.

This fully revised fourth edition includes new chapters on behavioural science, and brain-gut and brain-gender connections, as well as expanded content on memory and genetics. Integrating up-to-date pharmacological and genetic research with an understanding of environmental factors that impact on human biology, The Biological Basis of Mental Health covers topics including brain development, neural communication, neurotransmitters and receptors, hormones and behaviour, genetic disorders, pharmacology, substance misuse, anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, epilepsy, subcortical degenerative diseases of the brain, dementia, developmental disorders, and sleep.

This unique textbook is an essential read for all healthcare students, practitioners and educators with an interest in mental health and neuroscience.