Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
The prevalence of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa is growing, and these disorders are affecting adolescents and young adults at increasingly younger ages. This has led to a greater number of patients presenting to health services. Although novel therapeutic approaches have been introduced in recent decades, the mortality rates of patients with […]
Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia need a personalized medicine approach where the pharmacological and neurological mechanism is understood from the perspective of the patient’s own experience and symptoms. Even though genetics play a role in the etiology, there are other important contributing risk factors. Schizophrenia is not a single-disease entity but has overlapping neurobiological and clinical profiles […]
Recent Developments in Psychiatric Disorders
Due to their prevalence, pervasiveness and burden inflicted on men and women of today, psychiatric disorders are considered as one of the most important, sever and painful illnesses. This impairment of cognitive, emotional, or behavioural functioning is in some cases tragic. Aside from knowing the physical organic factors, such as infections, endocrinal illnesses or head […]
Clinical Aspects of Antidepressants
Major depression is a severe and prevalent brain disorder with a high disability burden, hence the push for effective treatments. Antidepressants have been around since the 1950s, and although current medications are much more effective than early ones, there is still much room for improvement. “Real” antidepressants, defined as those that “repair” or “improve” the […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder
This book offers innovative constructs of knowledge and reasoning on autistic pathology according to the perspectives offered by functional neuroscience and neuroimaging data and considers new etiological perspectives and therapeutic strategies centered on the child and the family. Written by experts in the field, this book includes sixteen chapters organized into three sections on “Worldwide […]
