Violence and Suicidality: Perspectives in Clinical and Psychobiological Research: Clinical and Experimental Psychiatry

ISBN-13: 9780876305515 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 350 str.

Herman M. Van Praag; Robert Plutchik; Alan Apter

Opis

Describes important advances in the psychobiological understanding of the behavioral dimensions of suicide and violence made over the last ten years. The volume comprises papers presented at two symposia held under the auspices of the department of psychiatry of Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Spis treści

A Note on the Series, Contributors, Introduction, PART I. CLINICAL ISSUES, 1. Clinical Guidelines for the Assessment of Imminent Violence, 2. Psychiatric Liability for Patient Violence, PART II. ETHOLOGICAL ISSUES, 3. Psychosocial Correlates of Suicide and Violence Risk, 4. Aggression: Integrating Ethology and the Social Sciences, 5. Serotonergic Involvement in Aggressive Behavior in Animals, PART III. CLINICAL NEUROCHEMICAL ISSUES, 6. Monoamines and Suicidal Behavior, 7. Clinical Assessment of Human Aggression and Impulsivity in Relationship to Biochemical Measures, 8. Monoamines, Glucose Metabolism and Impulse Control, PART IV. ANIMAL NEUROCHEMICAL STUDIES, 9. Parallels in Aggression and Serotonin: Consideration of Development, Rearing, History, and Sex Differences, 10. Monoaminergic Control of Waiting Capacity (Impulsivity) in Animals, PART V. BASIC NEURORECEPTOR FUNCTIONS, 11. Functional Correlates of Central 5-HT Receptors, 12. Functional Significance of Central Dopamine Receptors, 13. Dopamine Agonist-Induced Dyskinesias, Including Self-Biting Behavior, in Monkeys with Supersensitive Dopamine Receptors, Name Index, Subject Index

O autorze

Herman M. van Praag Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center New York, Robert Plutchik Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Alan Apter Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Israel