Clinical Medicine category: 649 books

Smoking, diet, stress, coping, and exercise, among other behaviors and psychological states, are now clearly implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Prevention, based largely on altering behaviors that contribute to this chronic disease, is now as important a goal as is treatment...

This book fills the need for an introductory text that opens the field up to the beginner and takes them to higher-level thinking about neuroscience. Neuroscience has captured the interest of students, professionals, and the general public. In fact it is so new, that there are very few books that...

Whilst the vast majority of headaches are minor ailments, some patients develop chronic symptoms that have psychiatric dimensions. These symptoms can be immensely challenging to manage and can have a serious impact on the patient's quality of life. The relationship between headache and psychiatric...

Un testo di riferimento fondamentale e di facile lettura per chiunque desideri lavorare nel campo della psiche. Un Dizionario psicoanalitico che cerca di racchiudere l’intero apparato concettuale della psicoanalisi (rigorosamente descritto sia nella sua fondamentale impalcatura freudiana che nell’articolazione...

Nel volume vengono proposte riflessioni ed esperienze da realtà pubbliche, private, cooperativistiche, miste, con l’accento principalmente su quell’accadere terapeutico/riabilitativo che si ripropone di rendere quei luoghi autentici spazi capaci di operare le trasformazioni possibili.

Questo libro studia il sogno analizzando le complesse strutture formate dai legami tra le sorgenti di memoria, strutture che sono nello stesso tempo logiche ed emotive. L’approccio è interdisciplinare: riguarda direttamente la psicologia, la psicoterapia, la linguistica, l’informatica, la matematica (teoria dei grafi), la storia della psicologia, la letteratura e il cinema.

Un percorso per avvicinarci alla malattia mentale e riscoprire che nella follia si può riconoscere il proprio essere Soggetto, se si comprende che la malattia è esperienza comune legata al vissuto di passività che si sperimenta nella vita. I luoghi, i percorsi, i pensieri della psichiatria vengono...

Esiste un qualche nesso fra salute psichica e la capacità di “integrare”, di creare “forme” compiute? In questo volume un interessante quanto inedito confronto fra psicoterapia della Gestalt e neuroscienze.

While the importance of the prefrontal cortex for "higher-order" cognitive functions is largely undisputed, no consensus has been reached regarding precise specifications of these functions. For example, although some degree of regional specialization within the frontal lobe seems inevitable,...

Parkinson’s disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by the irreversible loss of dopamine neurons. Despite its high prevalence in society and many decades of research, the origin of the pathogenesis and the molecular determinants involved in the disorder...

The Role of Histone Deacetylases in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Small-Molecule Inhibitors as a Potential Therapeutic Approach.- Phosphodiesterase Inhibition to Target the Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease.- Glutamate and Neurodegenerative Disease.- Modulation of the Kynurenine Pathway...

"In Neuropsychological Practice with Veterans, Bush endeavors to compile a comprehensive account of how neuropsychological research, assessment, and treatment of veterans are impacted by military status. He succeeds brilliantly with this undertaking...[T]his is an essential text for those working...

This is a Freudian examination of the interpersonal factors involved in Accident and Emergency Department work. The meeting of people immediately results in a deep and complex interaction which reflects much of their respective psychological life history. The particular reaction between patient and...