DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Neural Networks and Psychopathology

Connectionist Models in Practice and Research

Dan J Stein editor Jacques Ludik editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Dec '98

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This hardback is available in another edition too:

Neural Networks and Psychopathology cover

This book reviews the contribution of neural network models in psychiatry and psychopathology, including diagnosis, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.

This book reviews theoretical, historical and clinical issues, including the contribution of neural network models to diagnosis, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. It will interest clinicians and researchers in psychiatry and psychopathology and those working in cognitive science and artificial intelligence.Research on connectionist models is one of the most exciting areas in cognitive science, and neural network models of psychopathology have immediate theoretical and empirical appeal. The contributors to this study review theoretical, historical and clinical issues, including the contribution of neural network models to diagnosis, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Models are presented for a range of disorders, including schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dissociative phenomena, autism and Alzheimer's disease. This book will appeal to a broad audience. On the one hand, it will be read with interest by psychiatrists, psychologists and other clinicians and researchers in psychopathology. On the other, it will appeal to those working in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, and particularly those interested in neural network or connectionist models.

ISBN: 9780521571630

Dimensions: 236mm x 157mm x 24mm

Weight: 760g

386 pages