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Models of Mental Disorders

A New Comparative Psychiatry

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  • © 1988

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  1. William T. McKinney

    1. University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 1-4

  3. Fundamental Basis and Justification for a New Comparative Psychiatry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Historical Perspective

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 7-17

    3. Philosophical Basis for the Development of Animal Models for Psychiatric Illnesses

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 19-39

  4. Four Illustrative Case Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Animal Models for Affective Disorders

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 43-95

    3. Animal Models for Anxiety Disorders

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      Pages 97-123

    4. Animal Models for Schizophrenia

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 125-145

    5. Animal Models for Alcoholism

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 147-175

  5. Perspectives on the Animal Modeling Field

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Future Tasks

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 179-190

    3. Conclusions

      • William T. McKinney
      Pages 191-193

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 195-199
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About this book

My ideas for this book have been evolving over the last several years as I have been working in the animal modeling area and have seen it change rather dramatically. There have been tremendous advances, both in methodology and in conceptualization, yet the literature is scattered in journals encompassing many disciplines. In particular, there have been only very limited attempts to write about the philosophical, conceptual, and controversial issues in this field; to pull together diverse findings; and to provide some general perspective on its future. As will probably be apparent, I am a clinical psychiatrist who also has a fundamental interest in animal behavior, especially primate social behavior. I entered the field from a clinical research standpoint to devel­ op some animal models of depression after being stimulated to do so by Dr. William Bunney, then at the National Institute of Mental Health and now at the University of California-Irvine. The field has grown rapidly since then and there is considerable research activity. Indeed, the re­ search activity has grown more rapidly than our conceptualization of what animal models are and are not. Animal preparations are now available for studying specific aspects of certain types of psychopathology. Thoughtful workers in the animal modeling field no longer talk about comprehensive models but rather about more limited experimental preparations in animals for studying certain specific aspects of human psychopathology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA

    William T. McKinney

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Models of Mental Disorders

  • Book Subtitle: A New Comparative Psychiatry

  • Authors: William T. McKinney

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5430-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Corporation 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5432-1Published: 13 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5430-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 212

  • Topics: Psychiatry

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