Nuclear Medicine in Psychiatry
Contributors: Andreas Otte (Editor); Kurt Audenaert (Editor); Kathelijne Peremans (Editor); Kees van Heeringen (Editor); Rudi A. Dierckx (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 561
ISBN-13: 9783540006831
Subjects: Nuclear medicine; Psychiatry; Imaging; Radiology; Medical / Nursing; Neurology - General; Medical; Mental illness; Psychiatry - General; Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Brain; Diagnosis
First sentence: During the first decades of the twentieth century, the work of Freud was founding the basis for our insights on the processes of mental life.
Description: Provides the combined expertise of renowned authors whose dedication to the investigation of psychiatric disease through nuclear medicine technology has achieved international recognition. Psychiatric disorders are discussed both from categorical and functional psychopathological viewpoint and the latest results in functional neuroimaging are detailed. Most chapters are written jointly by a psychiatrist and a nuclear medicine expert, with a section on "clinical aspects" to link research data with clinical routine.