Global Emergency of Mental Disorders is a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read overview of the neurodevelopmental basis of multiple mental disorders and their accompanying consequences, including addiction, suicide and homelessness. Compared to other references that examine the treatment of psychiatric disorders, this book uniquely focuses on their neurodevelopment. It is designed for neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology students, and various other clinical professions. With chapters on anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and others, this volume provides information about incidence, prevalence and mortality rates in addition to developmental origins. With millions worldwide affected, this book will be an invaluable resource.
- Explores psychiatric disorders from a neurodevelopmental perspective
- Covers multiple disorders, including anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Examines the brain mechanisms that underly disorders
- Addresses the opioid epidemic and suicide
- Reviews special patient populations by gender and age
Product Details
- Publisher: Elsevier Science; May 18, 2021
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0323858373
- ISBN: 9780323858373
- eText ISBN: 9780323858434
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