Brain and Behavior in Child Psychiatry

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. General Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Interaction of Psychological and Biological Processes in Children

      • E. Taylor

      Pages 3-15

   3. Considerations for the Study of Event-Related Brain Potentials and Developmental Psychopathology

      • A. J. Lincoln, E. Courchesne, R. Elmasian

      Pages 16-33

   4. The Role of the Frontal Lobes in Child Psychiatric Disorders

      • A. Rothenberger

      Pages 34-58

   5. Monoaminergic Systems and Child Psychiatric Pathophysiology

      • B. Garreau, D. Lerminiaux, C. Barthélémy, J. P. Muh, G. Lelord

      Pages 59-78

   6. Genetic Aspects of Brain Maturation and Behavior

      • J. Hebebrand, P. Propping

      Pages 79-105

   7. The Importance of Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Child Psychiatric Disorders

      • P. Lombroso, D. L. Pauls, J. F. Leckman

      Pages 106-122

3. Cognition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Cognitive Correlates of Abnormal EEG Waveforms in Children

      • J. Martinius

      Pages 125-130

   3. A Neuropsychophysiological Approach to Specific Developmental Learning Disabilities

      • G. A. Chiarenza

      Pages 131-146

   4. Biological Approaches to Classification and Treatment of Dyslexia

      • C. K. Conners

      Pages 147-156

   5. The Special Case of Down Syndrome

      • G. A. Chiarenza

      Pages 157-176

4. Speech and Language

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Evaluation of Speech Performance in Children and Its Implications for Developmental Psychopathology

      • H. Amorosa

      Pages 179-189

   3. Nonfluent Speech Disturbances—Psychobiological Interactions

      • H. S. Johannsen, H. Schulze

      Pages 190-204

   4. Neurological Basis of Developmental Language Disorders

      • P. Tallal, S. Curtiss

      Pages 205-213

5. Childhood Psychoses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. Clinical, Electrophysiological, and Biochemical Markers and Monoaminergic Hypotheses in Autism

      • N. Bruneau, C. Barthélémy, J. Martineau, J. L. Adrien, B. Garreau, J. P. Muh et al.

      Pages 217-234

   3. Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia

      • P. E. Tanguay, R. Asarnow, R. Strandberg

      Pages 235-248

The Brain-What Else! All senses are connected with the brain. From sense-perception derives . . . knowledge. In the brain is the sovereignty ofthe mind. Mind is interpreted by the brain. AIcmaeon of Croton (5th Century B. c. ) The ground is shifting under the traditional approaches to problems in the philosophy of mind. Earlier doctrines concerning the independence of cognition from the brain now appear untenable. P. S. Churchland (20th Century A. D. ) It is not objective of this volume to discuss the history and significance of neuroscience for philosophy from a developmental perspective, although this would be a rather interesting topic. Its object is the relationship between brain and behavior in children as exhibited by higher mental functions (e. g. , speech and language; reasoning, perception, free will and control of motor acts, dependence of behavior on neuronal constraints, the self of the child and therapeutic acti vi ties). Child psychiatrists commonly allude to the brain as the site of disturbance responsible for many developmental disabilities and psychopathological syn­ dromes identifiable by observing behavior (e. g. , dyslexia, delusions), neurological examination (e. g. , soft signs), psychological test performance (e. g. , Bender Gestalt Test), EEG (e. g. , alpha-theta ratio), and CCT (e. g. , pseudoatrophy). While there is nothing inherently wrong with such inferences, the fact is frequently overlooked that there is no specific set of brain-behavior relationships validating these inferences.

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• Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik am Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, J5, Mannheim 1, Germany

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