- xii, 558 p. : ill.
Cote : WM 140 C568n 2003
Maladies mentales - Étiologie ; Schizophrénie - Physiopathologie ; Schizophrénie - Étiologie ; Neurologie du développement ; Psychopathologie
This volume presents a burgeoning perspective on the origins of psychopathology , one that focuses on the development of the human central nervous systems. The contemporary neurodevelopmental perspective assumes that mental dosorders result from etiologic factors that alter the normal course of brain development. Defined here in its broadest sense, neurodevelopmetn is process that begins at conception and extends throughout the lifespan. We now know that it is a complex process and that its course can be altered by a host of factors, ranging from inherited genetic liabilities to psychosocial stressors.
This book features the very best, cutting-edge thinking in the coverging fields of developmental window represented is broad, extending from the rpenatal period through adulthood, and the authors cover a broad range of etiologic factors and a spectrum of clinical disorders. Moreover, the contributors do not hesitate to use the opportunity to hypothesize about underlying mechanisms and to speculate on future research directions.
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