Neurodevelopment and Adult Psychopathology

International experts review neurodevelopmental factors underlying psychiatric disorder, and link these with clinical findings, first published in 1997.

Factors in the pathogenesis of the major psychiatric disorders are reviewed by an international group of experts in this 1997 book, covering neurodevelopment from the molecular to the behavioural level, clinical applications, and approaches toward a synthesis of neurodevelopmental and clinical findings in psychiatry.In this important 1997 book on the role of neurodevelopmental factors in the pathogenesis of the major psychiatric disorders, the fields of developmental neurobiology, clinical psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience are reviewed by an international group of experts, including many of those responsible for the ideas that have come to dominate current thinking. The first section, 'The Developing Brain', reviews neurodevelopment from the molecular to the behavioural level. Section Two, 'Development and Psychopathology', covers clinical applications of the basic principles of developmental neurobiology. The third and final section, 'Integrative Models', presents approaches toward a synthesis of neurodevelopmental and clinical findings in psychiatric disorder. For students, scientists and clinicians in psychiatry, psychology, and neurodevelopment, this is an essential reference.