Psychiatry and mental disorders

Louis, Jarred and Broderick, Lovie (2012) Psychiatry and mental disorders. College Publishing House, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132314288

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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 iátrikos: 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
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 01:12
Last Modified: 02 Jan 2023 01:12
URI: http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3797

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