Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Depression: Current Conceptual Trends

   • Ziad Nahas

   Pages 1-21

3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

   • S. Evelyn Stewart

   Pages 23-50

4. Neuroimaging and Neurocircuitry of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder

   • Simon Ducharme, Darin D. Dougherty, Wayne C. Drevets

   Pages 51-77

5. Electroconvulsive Therapy

   • Cristina Cusin

   Pages 79-97

6. Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)

   • Mario A. Cristancho, Pilar Cristancho, Murat Altinay, John P. O’Reardon

   Pages 99-116

7. Neurosurgical Ablative Procedures for Psychiatric Disorders

   • Simon Ducharme, Bruce H. Price, Darin D. Dougherty

   Pages 117-139

8. Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder

   • Nicole C. R. McLaughlin, Catherine Stewart, Benjamin D. Greenberg

   Pages 141-163

9. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

   • Joan A. Camprodon

   Pages 165-186

10. Ablative Neurotherapeutics and Deep Brain Stimulation in Animal Models of Psychiatric Disorders

    • Christelle Baunez

    Pages 187-207

11. Future of Neurosurgery

    • Sameer A. Sheth, Polina Ogas, Emad N. Eskandar

    Pages 209-220

12. Back Matter

    Pages 221-230

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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.  

      

• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Deep Brain stimulation
• Neurosurgery
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Neurosurgical Ablative Procedures

“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)

      

• Medical School, Dept of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Harvard, Boston, USA

  Joan A. Camprodon

• McLean Hospital, Belmont, USA

  Scott L. Rauch

• Butler Hospital, Providence, USA

  Benjamin D. Greenberg

• Harvard Medical School, Charleston, USA

  Darin D. Dougherty

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, USA

Benjamin D. Greenberg, Brown University School of Medicine, 345 Blackstone Boulevard Providence, RI, 02906, USA        

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