Bookedited by Elizabeth Ryznar, Aderonke B. Pederson, Mark A. Reinecke, and John G. Csernansky
Summary: Landmark Papers in Psychiatry traces the evolution of psychiatry as a scientific discipline. By summarizing over 100 watershed psychiatric papers this text gives historical context to the research trajectory of psychiatry.
Contents:
I. Foundational Topics. 1. Diagnosis and conceptualization of mental illness / Awais Aftab and John G. Csernansky
2. Epidemiology / Elizabeth Ryznar and Harvey Whiteford
II. Pathogenesis. 3. The neurochemical basis of psychiatric disorders / Elizabeth Ryznar and Herbert Y. Meltzer
4. Genetics / Marina Bayeva and Edwin H. Cook Jr.
5. Inflammatory mechanisms, the immune system and psychiatric illness / Ozan Toy, Emmalee Boyle, and Lynn E. DeLisi
6. Psychological and social factors / Shaun M. Eack
III. Pharmacotherapy. 7. Schizophrenia / David. V. Braitman and Juan. R. Bustillo
8. Pharmacotherapy of mood disorders / Marsal Sanches, Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, and Jair C. Soares
9. Pharmacotherapy of anxiety and related disorders / Dan J. Stein
10. Pharmacotherapy in child and adolescent psychiatry / Jenni E. Farrow, Francisco Romo-Nava, and Melissa Delbello
IV. Psychosocial interventions. 11. Psychodynamic therapy / Kevin S. McCarthy and Richard F. Summers
12. Cognitive behavioral therapy / Keith S. Dobson
13. Third wave psychotherapies / Amanda A. Uliaszek, Nadia Al-Dajani, Amanda Ferguson, and Zindel V. Segal
14. Psychosocial rehabilitation / Mariam Ujeyl and Wulf Rossler
15. Social and community psychiatry / Neil Jordan
16. Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology / Mark R. Dadds, Yixin Jiang, Valsamma Eapen, and Stephen Scott
V. Somatic Treatments. 17. Electroconvulsive therapy / Keith G. Rasmussen
18. Non-convulsive brain stimulation / Kevin A. Caulfield and Mark S. George
19. Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression / Paul E. Holtzheimer and Helen Mayberg
VI. Special Considerations. 20. Psychiatric ethics / Rachel E. Zettl and John Z. Sadler
21. Forensic psychiatry / Stephen H. Dinwiddie
22. Suicide / Danuta Wasserman, Marcus Sokolowski, and Vladimir Carli
23. Research methodology / Robert D. Gibbons.