Biomarkers in Psychiatry

Explains how advances in genetics, imaging and behavioral analysis provide opportunities for biomarker identification in psychiatry

Enriches understanding of the causes of mental illnesses and how they can be deconstructed into different neurobiological 'constructs' which can be shared across diagnostic categories

Equips readers to understand the potential for biomarkers to be used to detect, diagnosis, predict treatment response and discover new interventions

Inhalt

Part 1. Introductory Perspective.- Part 2. Methodological strategies for biomarker identification: From cells to behavior.- Part 3. Affective Disorders.- Part 4. Psychosis and Bipolar Disorders.- Part 5. Substance Misuse.- Part 6. Autistic Spectrum Disorder.