Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment

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Taking an all-inclusive look at the subject, Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment reviews state-of-the-art research on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of autism. The book addresses potential mechanisms that may underlie the development of autism and the neural systems that are likely to be affected by these molecular, genetic, and infectious etiologies. It reviews key findings that inform diagnosis, epidemiology, clinical neuroscience, and treatment. The book concludes with a discussion of the economic cost of autism and provides a biomedical and public health perspective of the impact of this devastating disease. With chapters authored by clinical and basic researchers at the forefront of molecular and systems neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, and health economics, the book presents a powerful and comprehensive synthesis of current research on autism and its underlying neural substrates. The book's two editors are considered elite pioneers in this area of research. Dr. Rubenstein was recently elected to the highly prestigious Institute of the Medicine, an honor reserved for those most committed to professional achievement and public service.

Antidepressants: Past, Present and Future (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology)

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Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540430547

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This book is being published as we mark the end of the first 50 years of the modern antidepressant era. This era began with the chance discovery that tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors had antidepressant properties. That discovery had three consequences. First, it brought simple and effective treatment to patients suffering from major depressive illnesses. Second, these discoveries, together with the discovery of lithium and chlorpromazine, began the remedicalization of psychiatry by making it clear that the treatment of many of the major psychiatric illnesses can be approached in the same way as other medical conditions.

The goal of this book is to provide a thorough review of the current status of antidepressants - how we arrived at this point in their evolution and where we are going in both the near and the long term. It employs both a scientific and historical approach to accomplish these goals. This volume is intended for practitioners who use antidepressants on a daily basis in their practice as well as for the student and researcher. Each will find that it provides a comprehensive and logical approach to this important group of medications.

Origins of Psychopathology: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness

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Too long, too vague

Origins of Psychopathology: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
Horacio, Jr., M.D. Fabrega
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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ASIN: 0813530237

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Too long, too vague.......2003-08-17

The author mainly tries to link work on primate behaviour and theories of social evolution with the occurance of un-social (psychopathologically induced) behaviour in non human primates and hominids. This is a brave attempt and deserves respect. The main strength of the book is its lage bibliography. However, the style is vague and topics dealt with very redundant. Cutting the book down to half or a quater of its size and focusing it would have done really good!

The Impulsive Client: Theory, Research, and Treatment

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The Impulsive Client: Theory, Research, and Treatment
William George, Ph.D. McCown , and Judith L. Johnson
Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA)
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Molecular Neurobiology for the Clinician (Review of Psychiatry, Vol 22 No 3) (Review of Psychiatry)

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Molecular Neurobiology for the Clinician (Review of Psychiatry, Vol 22 No 3) (Review of Psychiatry)

Manufacturer: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
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ASIN: 1585621137

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Find today's most important molecular neurobiological advances and their relevance to clinicians treating patients with mental illness in this exceptional new reference. Molecular Neurobiology for the Clinician, Review of Psychiatry, Volume 22, will update you on the latest findings and their impact on psychiatry.

Thoroughly indexed and referenced, this essential new book discusses discoveries that have the potential to revolutionize your clinical approach by changing the ways in which you diagnose and treat patients. Clinicians will learn about the effects on psychiatry of advances in the molecular basis of neuronal network function, particularly in relation to abnormalities in cognitive and emotional regulation, and the identification of novel molecular targets for drug development. This groundbreaking volume also reveals how to apply these discoveries to diagnosing and treating major psychiatric disorders, including childhood- and adolescent-onset disorders, schizophrenia, drug addiction, and severe mood and anxiety disorders.

Molecular Neurobiology for the Clinician is an outstanding compilation of the best research by top names in the field. Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric residents, and graduate students in neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology will gain knowledge, understanding, and techniques for better diagnosis and treatment.

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A fascinating read.......2003-06-16

This volume includes several excellent chapters, introducing the reader to a number of developing concepts in the world of psychiatric neuroscience. These topics are alternately discussed on a more general, easy-to-understand level, and in great technical detail - each with their own merits. The reference lists/information are also quite helpful for those wishing to pursue a topic further (for example, a thorough table of mouse knockout studies in which an anxiety-like phenotype was found). Another highlight is the excellent discussion of how the field of psychiatric genetics is coming of age. This book will prove interesting to both basic scientists and clinical psychiatrists, and even to laypersons with a particular interest in this field.

Ethological psychiatry: Psychopathology in the context of evolutionary biology (Seminars in psychiatry)

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Ethological psychiatry: Psychopathology in the context of evolutionary biology (Seminars in psychiatry)
Michael T. McGuire , and Lynn A. Fairbanks
Manufacturer: Grune & Stratton
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Human Sexuality and its Problems
J. H. J. Bancroft
Manufacturer: Churchill Livingstone
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Advances in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

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Advances in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Stephen E. Breuning , and Johnny L. Matson
Manufacturer: JAI Press
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Amazing Brain - Neurological Disorders (Amazing Brain)

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Amazing Brain - Neurological Disorders (Amazing Brain)
Connie Goldsmith
Manufacturer: Blackbirch Press
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The Amazing Brain series offers exciting answers about how our brain works and why we respond to the world the way we do. Questions addressed in this 4-vol. set include:

Do male and female brains work differently?
Can music enhance learning and boost brain development?
Was Einstein's brain more unique than the average brain?
What dependencies are really true addictions?
Can brain cells regenerate?

These and many other fascinating questions are answered in this up-to-date series on the human brain. Also included is a glossary and resources for further study.

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Since the publication of the first edition in 1987, The American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Neuropsychiatry has become the authoritative, standard reference source in the field. Written and edited by an internationally renowned group of experts including 39 new authors, the Third Edition is now compatible with DSM-IV and has been extensively revised to provide psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, internists, and residents with the latest developments in research, clinical practice, and diagnostic technology. With the addition of eight new chapters, increased emphasis has been placed on molecular and intracellular aspects of neuropsychiatry and the role of functional imaging in neuropsychiatric disorders. In addition, this text is lavishly illustrated with more than 180 tables and over 200 figures, including many full-color images, that will maintain this textbook's standing as the most important source for neuropsychiatry.

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Building Planet Earth superbly illustrates and describes the geology of Earth; how it formed, became structured, and evolved into the planet as we know it, with its present distribution of continents, oceans, and dazzling diversity of life. This 4.6 billion-year history of the third rock from the sun is an extraordinary story, and understanding Earth's main geological processes has become increasingly important for ensuring our future on this crowded planet.

Designed for the general reader, Building Planet Earth explains these fundamental Earth processes: how the atmosphere interacts with the oceans to produce our changing climates; how the heat from the Earth's central core drives surface processes, such as plate tectonics with its related earthquakes, fault movements, and volcanism; how mountains are formed and sediments deposited to form layers of strata, including the economically important hydrocarbons that fueled the industrial revolution; and how life prospered and declined through evolution and extinction, sometimes being abruptly terminated by catastrophic events from outer space. The combination of good graphics, artwork, and photographic illustration makes this a visually attractive, accessible read, complete with short bibliography, glossary, and index. --Douglas Palmer, Amazon.co.uk

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Continental plates, moving as fast as human hair grows, collide, mountains buckle, the ocean abyss sucks in the Earth's crust, and volcanos explode. Here is a story that Hollywood wished it could option: the dynamic cycle of geological destruction and renewal that has stretched across billions of years and shaped our planet in its current image. Scene by scene, this action-packed blockbuster can be experienced in Building Planet Earth. Peter Cattermole begins the story by describing a cloud of matter that surrounds a primitive Sun. Out of this the Earth was formed through compaction and internal heating to the point at which it became a stable, layered structure with a core, mantle, and crust. Using eye-catching images, artwork, and diagrams, Building Planet Earth presents this geological development and goes on to discuss what is happening to our planet now and what we can expect in the future. Cattermole covers in fascinating detail the impact of mass extinctions, global-warming, and ozone holes. The book features 241 illustrations--128 in full-color--and a number of useful appendices. For anyone who has ever wondered how this miraculous planet continues to thrive and surprise, this elegantly-written book will be an essential read. Peter Cattermole is a principal investigator with NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. He has written several books on geology and astronomy as well as numerous articles for both scholarly and popular media, including Atlas of Venus (Cambridge University Press, 1997) and The Story of the Earth (Cambridge University Press, 1985).

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Everything you wanted to know . . ........2000-06-01

. . . about the geologic history of planet earth. The first third of the book reviews the geologic structure and workings of the planet, and the rest is a very, very thorough history of the continents. It's not too technical, but the history gets a little dry, unless you're dedicated to finding out everything there is to know, in which case this book's for you. It's not too technical, but for casual reading, it takes some concentration. I liked it, but be sure that you want to do a lot of reading about what was happening here 3,500 million years ago before you start it.

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The miniaturization of bulky devices and machines is a process that confronts us on a daily basis. However, nanoscale machines with varied and novel characteristics may also result from the enlargement of extremely small building blocks, namely individual molecules. This bottom-up approach to nanotechnology is already being pursued in information technology, with many other branches about to follow.

Written by a team of experienced authors headed by Vincenzo Balzani, one of the pioneers in the development of molecular machines
Covers such diverse aspects as sensors, memory components, solar energy conversion, biomolecules as molecular machines, and much more
Presented in a lucid style and didactically structured, with both the expert and the newcomer in mind
Includes a glossary of terms and numerous references to the recent literature

Be among the first to explore the fascinating possibilities of this future-oriented technology! A must-have for every chemist and materials scientist with an interest in nanotechnology.

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Chemists' approach to Nanotechnology.......2003-10-28

Different paths toward nanotechnology have so far been proposed. The most common and widely publicized one is the so-called atom-by-atom approach envisaged by physichists. Chemists, on the other hand, have adopted a molecule-by-molecule approach whereby the molecule represents the key building block for constructing nano-objects. Among the various reasons for doing so, we remember that (1) a lot of information about the structural, electronic, and spectroscopic properties of polyatomic molecules has been so far accumulated by research chemists and (2) synthetic chemistry allows the precise, although very elaborated, positioning of groups within a certain molecular framework thereby allowing the constuction of complex molecules characterized by machine-like capabilities. A number of fashinating molecular-scale machines and devices (rotors, gears, turnstiles, brakes, gyroscanes, etc.) has already been realized, as discussed in detail by Balzani-Venturi-Credi (BVC) in Chapter 11 of their book. These molecules give rise to spontaneous machanical-like motion. However, a factor of paramount importance for nanotechnology is that of achieving controllable mechanical-like motion. BVC discuss how this can be achieved by, for example, electrochemical or photochemical means. Chapter 9 is of particular interest for those working in the field of molecular electronics since it discusses about "Logic Gates", i.e. molecules that might (will) be employed as molecular switches in future chemical (or molecular) computers. The amazing thing of this book is that all the material contained in it is real stuff, not pure speculation! You can verify this by checking the original references given at the end of each chapter. Hence, chemists are following an original approach to nanotechnology and the key for success will probably depend on whether they will find a clever way for wiring-up (networking) their molecules and make them (i.e., the resulting nano-object) work in concert. All in all this book (made of 16 chapters, about 500 pp., dozens of clear drawings and figures) is masterly written and logically organized. I cannot but rate it with 5 stars and a plus. If you want to know how chemists are approaching the field of nanotechnology, it should be in your bookshelf.

Molecular Devices & Machines - A Journey into the Nanoworld

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Molecular Devices & Machines - A Journey into the Nanoworld
V. BALZANI
Manufacturer: JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD
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ASIN: B000N5F84K

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Like Abigail Adams, Malvina Shanklin Harlan witnessed—and gently influenced—national history from the unique perspective of a political leader’s wife. Her husband, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), played a central role in some of the most significant civil rights decisions of his era, including his lone dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson, the infamous case that endorsed separate but equal segregation. And for fifty-seven years he was married to a woman who was busy making a mental record of their eventful lives.

After Justice Harlan’s death in 1911, Malvina wrote Some Memories of a Long Life, 1854–1911, as a testament to her husband’s accomplishments and to her own. The memoir begins with Malvina, the daughter of passionate abolitionists, becoming the teenage bride of John Marshall Harlan, whose family owned more than a dozen slaves. Malvina depicts her life in antebellum Kentucky, and her courageous defense of the Harlan homestead during the Civil War. She writes of her husband’s ascent in legal circles and his eventual appointment to the Supreme Court in 1877, where he was the author of opinions that continued to influence American race relations deep into the twentieth century. Yet Some Memories is more than a wife’s account of a famous and powerful man. It chronicles the remarkable evolution of a young woman from Indiana who became a keen observer of both her family’s life and that of her nation.

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began researching the history of the women associated with the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress sent her Malvina Harlan’s unpublished manuscript. Recalling Abigail Adams’s order to “remember the ladies,” Justice Ginsburg has guided its long journey from forgotten document to published book. Some Memories of a Long Life includes a Foreword by Justice Ginsburg, as well as an Afterword by historian Linda Przybyszewski and an Epilogue of the Harlan legacy by Amelia Newcomb. According to Library Journal, “This is the sort of book you call a publishing event.”

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Not very interesting.......2002-10-13

There are only a few pages worth reading in this volume, and the editor who passed it up the first time ( around 1914) knew his business. She is at her most interesting when describing some of the minutae and customs of 19th century life. When she starts descibing people, places and events, she falls flat. Very superficial, very stereotyped.

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Some Memories of a Long Life 1854 1911
Malvina Shan Harlan
Manufacturer: RANDOM HOUSE @ TRADE
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Lazy B; The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox; & Some Memories of a Long Life: 1854-1911.: An article from: Michigan Law Review

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Lazy B; The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox; & Some Memories of a Long Life: 1854-1911.: An article from: Michigan Law Review
Laura Krugman Ray
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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This digital document is an article from Michigan Law Review, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 7390 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lazy B; The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox; & Some Memories of a Long Life: 1854-1911.
Author: Laura Krugman Ray
Publication: Michigan Law Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 101 Issue: 6 Page: 2103(15)

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