Overview

This volume covers the gamut of surgical and device-based treatments for psychiatric disorders. Written by experts in the field, this book covers neuroscience advances in the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric diseases, emerging surgical and device-based treatments, and advances in the field. Topics include electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and many other cutting-edge treatments and techniques. Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, researchers, and all other medical professionals interested in surgical and device-based treatments of psychiatric disorders.         

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The editors and chapter authors have produced an information-filled, well-written, and concise review of these techniques. ... Each chapter concludes with timely and pertinent references of the scientific literature. The index section is very helpful, particularly for a book like this. This is an excellent, concise book on psychiatric neurotherapeutics. It's an outstanding review of the literature and is required reading for any psychiatrists involved in the treatment of patients with severe psychiatric disorders. (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2016)

“The editors and chapter authors have produced an information-filled, well-written, and concise review of these techniques. … Each chapter concludes with timely and pertinent references of the scientific literature. The index section is very helpful, particularly for a book like this. This is an excellent, concise book on psychiatric neurotherapeutics. It's an outstanding review of the literature and is required reading for any psychiatrists involved in the treatment of patients with severe psychiatric disorders.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2016)

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Joan Camprodon, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Laboratory for Neuropsychiatry & Neuromodulation, Director of Translational Research, Division of Neurotherapeutics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA Scott L. Rauch, President and Psychiatrist in Chief, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, Chair of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478 Darin D. Dougherty, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charleston, MA, 02129, USABenjamin D. Greenberg, Brown University School of Medicine, 345 Blackstone Boulevard Providence, RI, 02906, USA        

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