Contemporary Neuropsychiatry

Front Matter....Pages II-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Future of Neuropsychiatry....Pages 3-17
Worldwide Collaboration in Neuropsychiatry....Pages 18-23
International Interaction in Neuropsychiatry: Vision of a Global Network....Pages 24-29
Worldwide Collaborations in Psychiatry: The Role of Drug Trials in Schizophrenia in the Developing World....Pages 30-33
Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Turkish Alzheimer’s Patients....Pages 34-38
MEG Functional Neuroimaging of Schizophrenic Patients and Comparison Subjects During Word Generation....Pages 39-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Brain Laterality and Psychopathology....Pages 49-61
Zen and the Brain: The Path....Pages 62-68
Functional Neuroimaging of the Human Brain....Pages 69-72
Psychological Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 73-77
Behavioral and Cognitive Changes Following Thalamic and Basal Ganglionic Lesions....Pages 78-83
Behavioral Manifestations of Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 84-88
Brain Structures Subserving Componential and Hierarchical Aspects of Human Emotions....Pages 89-93
The Brain and Zen....Pages 94-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Sex Differences in Human Brain Aging....Pages 101-106
Neuropsychiatry in the Elderly....Pages 107-115
The Neuropsychiatry of Stroke....Pages 116-127
Dementia and Poststroke Major Depression....Pages 128-134
Neuropsychiatric Significance of Subcortical Encephalomalacia: Implications for Mood Disorders....Pages 135-137
Clinical Characteristics of Vascular Dementia....Pages 138-141
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Clinical Management....Pages 175-179
Brain Pathology of Dementias....Pages 195-199
Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Current Focus for Clinicians, Researchers, Caregivers, and Governmental Agencies....Pages 200-210
Recent Trends in Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia....Pages 211-221
Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment in a Stroke Sample: Preliminary Results from the Sydney Stroke Study....Pages 142-146
Neuroimaging and Pathological Correlates of Dementia Associated with Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Disease (SIVD)....Pages 147-151
Clinical Variability of Frontotemporal Dementia....Pages 152-157
Dementia with Motor Neuron Disease: A Review....Pages 158-163
Ubiquitinated Inclusions Link Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Frontotemporal Dementia....Pages 164-170
Exclusive Mediotemporal Pathology Within the Spectrum of Frontotemporal Dementia....Pages 171-174
Dementia with Lewy Bodies....Pages 180-186
Neuropathological Studies on Dementia with Lewy Bodies....Pages 187-189
Dementia with Lewy Bodies: What Is Its Relationship to Alzheimer’s Disease?....Pages 190-194
The Validity of Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Diagnosis of Dementia: Prospective Study....Pages 222-226
Quality of Life of Caregivers of Dementia Patients in India....Pages 227-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
TMS in Mania and in Animal Models of Mania....Pages 233-236
Comparison of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression....Pages 237-241
The Therapeutic Efficacy of Prefrontal Slow rTMS in Major Depression and Schizophrenia....Pages 242-246
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Psychiatric Disorders: The Sydney Studies....Pages 247-251
Mechanisms of Inositol Effects on Behavior....Pages 252-256
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Effects of Antidepressants and Lithium on Intracellular Calcium Signaling....Pages 257-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Neuroimaging and Neurobiology of Schizophrenia....Pages 265-271
Positron Emission Tomography in Schizophrenia....Pages 272-278
The Genetics of Schizophrenia....Pages 279-284
Deficit and Nondeficit Schizophrenias: Some Neurobiological Correlates and more than 25 Years of Follow-Through Results....Pages 285-286
Regional Changes in Brain Gray and White Matter Volumes in Patients with Schizophrenia....Pages 287-289
Cognitive Dysfunction and Exploratory Eye Movements in Patients with Schizophrenia....Pages 290-295
Discriminant Analysis Between Schizophrenics and Nonschizophrenics Using Exploratory Eye Movements....Pages 296-299
Exploratory Eye Movements as a Trait Marker of Schizophrenia....Pages 300-304
No Differences Between Bipolar Patients and Normal Controls in Inositol Levels and Inositol Monophosphatase Activity in Postmortem Brain....Pages 305-309
Establishment of the First Systematic Brain Bank Network for Psychiatric Disorders in Japan....Pages 310-313
Increased 5HT 2A Receptors and Impaired Phosphoinositide Signaling in the Postmortem Brain of Suicide Victims....Pages 314-321
Neurochemical Changes in Postmortem Brain Tissue from Subjects with Schizophrenia: Implications for the Illness....Pages 322-325
Brain Banking in Psychiatric Disorders: The Amsterdam Experience....Pages 326-329
Escalating Dose-Binge Exposure to Amphetamine and Methamphetamine: Behavioral and Neurochemical Characterization....Pages 330-335
Involvement of G-Protein βγ-Subunit-Mediated Signal Transduction in Methamphetamine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization....Pages 336-340
A Molecular Approach to Identify Essential Factors for Establishment of Psychostimulant-Induced Behavioral Sensitization....Pages 341-346
Alterations in Corticosterone Receptor mRNA Induced by Methamphetamine in Two Inbred Strains of Rats....Pages 347-352
Neuroimaging in Chronic MAP Users....Pages 353-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Are Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Psychosis Caused by Differential Methylation?....Pages 359-362
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Influence of ADH and ALDH2 on Clinical Features of Alcohol Dependence....Pages 363-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis and Epilepsy: The Status of the Relationship....Pages 369-375
Anticonvulsants in Neuropsychiatry....Pages 376-381
Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Psychiatric Diseases....Pages 382-389
Use and Abuse of Anticonvulsants in Neuropsychiatry: Antiepileptic Drugs and Cognition....Pages 390-393
Treatment of Aggression with Anticonvulsant Drugs....Pages 394-396
Antiepileptic Drugs in Child Neuropsychiatry: A Latin American View....Pages 397-401
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Disturbed Sleep....Pages 405-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
A Behavioral Analysis of Personality....Pages 417-419
Genetic Structure of Personality: Comparison Between TCI and NEO (Big Five Model)....Pages 420-424
Evolution of Personality-Related Genes in Primates....Pages 425-428
Association Between Novelty Seeking and Dopamine Receptor D 4 (DRD4) Exon III Polymorphism....Pages 429-433
Personality as a Vulnerability Factor in Eating Disorders....Pages 434-437
The Psychoneuroimmunological Aspect of Eating Disorders....Pages 438-442
Long-Term Course and Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa....Pages 443-448
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
Effect of a Structured Intervention on the Immune Function of Cancer Patients and Caregivers of Dementia Victims....Pages 451-454
Hippocampal Volume, Memory Function, and Reexperience Symptoms of PTSD Among Cancer Survivors....Pages 455-459
Effects of Family Functioning on Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients....Pages 460-464
Back Matter....Pages 465-478