Handedness is an attribute of humans defined by their unequal distribution of fine motor skill between the left and right hands. A minority of peop...

This monograph deals with the health-related quality of life deficit (QOL) of people with severe mental disorders, focusing on issues related to it...

In writing this book, the authors have emphasised current perspectives on the neurobiology of mental disorders, not attempting to provide an exhaus...

This book discusses in detail the different hypothesis and experimental evidence regarding the neurobiological mechanisms involved in neurodegenera...

Calcium signalling is an astonishing example how a simple caption can trigger and regulate an enormous variety of cellular and physiological respon...

In this book, the authors present current neuropsychology research. Topics discussed in this compilation include cognitive interventions in amnesti...

Having appeared in the 1930s in Montreal, standardised neuropsychological evaluation has become an essential tool in the clinical diagnosis and eva...

Developmental psychobiology is an interdisciplinary field, encompassing developmental psychology, biological psychology, neuroscience and many othe...

This book provides current research on the symptoms, challenges and current concepts of psychopathology. Chapter One reviews the stipulative defini...

This book describes the neurobiological mechanisms of alcohol abuse and dependence including the role of serotonergeic, dopaminergic, noradrenergic...

Schizophrenia: Triggers and Treatments is a series of texts that introduces the reader to some of the more recent advances in schizophrenia researc...

This book presents current research in the study of the prevention, recognition and treatment of seizures and the use of anti-epileptic drugs. Topi...

Social anxiety or social phobia has become increasingly common in contemporary societies due to the increased isolation in impersonal living enviro...

Suicidal ideation is a major problem among the youth population in both the developed and developing world, leading in 6% of the deaths among youth...

This book is the integrated presentation of a large body of work on understanding the operation of biological brains as systems. The work has been ...

Anxiety can be defined as an emotional state that combines either physiological and psychological response and reflects a stage of cognitive and be...

Everyone who dies by suicide has thought about suicide prior to their action. Suicidal ideation is, therefore, one of the most important risk facto...

In this compilation, the authors provide a literature review of the relationship between hormones including testosterone, prolactin, leptin, hypoth...

This is a unique book for two reasons: it focuses on neuropsychiatric casualties of war, a topic that has traditionally been avoided in the media a...