The 34 papers and 14 transcripts of session-end discussions examine the present and projected contri...
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The 34 papers and 14 transcripts of session-end discussions examine the present and projected contributions of imaging techniques to the understanding of psychiatric disorders, against a background of normal brain anatomy and function. The feature lectures cover neuroimaging as a contemporary approach to an improved understanding of mental illness, schizophrenia as a case study for integrating neurobehavioral measures, and relaxation effects is spectroscopic studies of schizophrenia. Among the session themes are the basics of neuroanatomy, structural magnetic resonance imaging in psychiatry, neural computation models of mental disorders, from neurons to the whole brain, imaging anxiety and affective disorders, and imaging drug use and abuse. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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