Broderick, Lovie (2012) Psychiatry (medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders). The English Press, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132345343
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Abstract
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders which include various affective, behavioral, cognitive and perceptual disorders. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808. It literally means the 'medical treatment of the mind' (psych-: mind; -iatry: medical treatment; from Greek iätrikos: medical, iästhai: to heal). A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry is a psychiatrist. Mental disorders are currently conceptualized as disorders of brain circuits likely caused by developmental processes shaped by a complex interplay of genetics and experience. In other words, the genetics of mental illness may really be the genetics of brain development, with different outcomes possible, depending on the biological and environmental context.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 00:52 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 00:52 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3729 |
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