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Author:   Dean F. MacKinnon (Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780801898068

ISBN 10:   0801898064
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 March 2011
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Organic Mind 1.1. Why Mind Matters 1.2. A Brain Primer 1.3. Summary: Organic Mind 2. Elementary Mind 2.1. Not Shaken, Stirred: Inappropriate Arousal 2.2. Sate Ain't So: Immoderate Appetites 2.3. Sense Insensibility: Misperceptions 2.4. Nominal Anomaly: Confounded Cognition 2.5. Inaction in Action: Motion Sickness 2.6. Order Disorder: Dysregulated Actions 2.7. Summary: Elementary Mind 3. Integral Mind 3.1. Off -Track Vetting: Disrupted Attention 3.2. Forget-Me-Not, Not: Faulty Memory 3.3. Stark, Craving Mad: Bad Habits 3.4. Executive Bummery: Value Misjudgment 3.5. You Can't Always Want What You Get: Emotional Miscue 3.6. Displeasure Principle: Displaced Desire 3.7. Fear Factory: Hyperactive Alarm 3.8. Summary: Integral Mind 4. Synthetic Mind 4.1. Leaning Disability: Unbalanced Bias 4.2. Veer Goggles: Personality Non Grata 4.3. Cardinal Knowledge: Beyond Belief 4.4. No Thyself: Misshapen Identity 4.5. Quid Pro Woe: Cooperative Contretemps 4.6. Piece of Mind: Communicatino Breakdown 4.7. Social Insecurity: Dissaffiliation 4.8. Complain Speaking: Help-Seeking Misbehavior 4.9. Summary: Synthetic Mind 5. Psychiatric Mind 5.1. Psychiatry Rebuilt 5.2. Mending Mentation 5.3. Summary: Psychiatric Mind Appendix A: The Official Version: A Guided Tour of the DSM Appendix B: The Novice's Guide to Psychiatric Assessment Glossary References Additional Reading Index

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<p>A masterly summary of what we know about the normal brain, and how it goes awry.--Nassir Ghaemi Metapsychology (01/01/2011)

Written for the medical student and the psychiatric resident and the psychology and social work intern. For those readers, it is a masterly summary of what we know about the normal brain, and how it goes awry. Metapsychology 2011 A masterly summary of what we know about the normal brain, and how it goes awry. -- Nassir Ghaemi Metapsychology 2011

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Dean F. MacKinnon, M.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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