Springer Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update: Bridging the Divide

Product Description The intention of this unique title is to bridge the gap between psychiatry and neuroscience, allowing a fruitful dialogue between both sciences. Recognizing that psychiatry has received important contributions from the basic neurosciences and that the basic neurosciences have received inspiration and objectives from the open problems of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Bridging the Divide is designed to identify the borders, trends and implications in both fields today. Comprehensive and developed by a renowned group of experts from both fields, the book is divided into four parts: Epistemological Considerations About the Study of Normal and Abnormal Human Behaviors; From Basic Neurosciences to Human Brain; Neurosciences, Learning, Teaching and the Role of Social Environment and Explaining Human Pathological Behaviors: From Brain Disorders to Psychopathology. A unique and invaluable addition to the literature in psychiatry and neuroscience, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Bridging the Divide offers an important and clearer understanding of the relationship between psychiatry and neuroscience. Review “This book, written by international experts, attempts to bridge the gap between neuroscience and psychiatry and is a outstanding contribution to the scientific literature. … The intended audience … includes psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers of science, neuroscientists, neurologists, bioethicists, and anyone interested in this intriguing field. … This is an excellent and informative book on an important problem in the integration of the various levels of explanation in the neurosciences.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016) From the Back Cover The intention of this unique title is to bridge the gap between psychiatry and neuroscience, allowing a fruitful dialogue between both sciences.  Recognizing that psychiatry has received important contributions from the basic neurosciences, and that the basic neurosciences have received inspiration and objectives from the open problems of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Bridging the Divide is designed to identify the borders, trends and implications in both fields today. Comprehensive and developed by a renowned group of experts from both fields, the book is divided into four parts: Epistemological Considerations About the Study of Normal and Abnormal Human Behaviors; From Basic Neurosciences to Human Brain; Neurosciences, Learning, Teaching and the Role of Social Environment; and Explaining Human Pathological Behaviors: From Brain Disorders to Psychopathology.  A unique and invaluable addition to the literature in psychiatry and neuroscience, Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Bridging the Divide offers an important and clearer understanding of the relationship between psychiatry and neuroscience.      About the Author Pascual Ángel Gargiulo, PhD Specialist in Psychiatry Professor of Psychopathology Catholic University of Argentina Head Laboratory of Neurosciences and Experimental Psychology National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Professor of Pharmacology National University of Cuyo Mendoza, Argentina   Humberto Luís Mesones-Arroyo, M.D., DPM Psychiatrist by University Complutense of Madrid and University of Buenos Aires Former Director of National Institute of Mental Health (Argentina). Member of the Council of the Institute of Neurobiology (Buenos Aires) Member of the Board of Certification, National Academy of Medicine (Argentina) Buenos Aires, Argentina