New world Neuropsychiatry

Neuropsychiatry in World War II

detailed suggestions in the use of various methods that are not possible to transmit through research publications. The subjects covered in Volume XI include nearly all the techniques that would be needed in a thorough study of enzyme structure. Subjects that would appear to be missing generally have been covered by articles in previous volumes. The first section contains ten articles on amino ...

Neuropsychiatry in World War II, Volume 2, Overseas theatres

Commentary Neuroradiology and Neuropsychiatry: A New Alliance

Neuroradiologists who received their medical training 10 or more years ago may be surprised to observe the publication of articles describing the application of neuroradiologic techniques to psychiatric patients, as represented by the article by Degreef et al (1) in this issue of the AJNR. For many years, psychiatric illnesses were traditionally regarded as "functional;" that is, they were defi...

Pathways to new drug discovery in neuropsychiatry

There is currently a crisis in drug discovery for neuropsychiatric disorders, with a profound, yet unexpected drought in new drug development across the spectrum. In this commentary, the sources of this dilemma and potential avenues to redress the issue are explored. These include a critical review of diagnostic issues and of selection of participants for clinical trials, and the mechanisms for...

Neuropsychiatry

The purpose of this book is to exhaustively review what appears to be a general integration between the subspecialities of neurology and psychiatry. In the Foreward, it is pointed out that practitioners of neurology and psychiatry “have been assigned the uniquely challenging task of treating the most complex disorders of the most complex organ in the body.”p xi The Preface notes that recent beh...