Author: Cicchetti, Dante & Walker, Elaine; editors:
Title: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Psychopathology
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2003). orig.boards. 25x17cm, xii,558 pp. Textual graphs,tables,charts. Some rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contains 21 papers. Includes: Basic Mechanisms in Prenatal, Perinatal and Postnatal Neurodevelopmental Processes and Their associations with High Risk Conditions and Adult Mental Disorders: Principles of neurobehavioral teratology; The neurodevelopmental consequences of very preterm birth: brain plasticity and its limits; Neurodevelopment during adolescence; Prenatal risk factors for schizophrenia; Obstetric complications and neurodevelopmental mechanisms in schizophrenia; Maternal influences on prenatal neural development contributing to schizophrenia; Animal Models of Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology: On the relevance of prenatal stress to developmental psychopathology: a primate model; Nonhuman primate models of developmental psychopathology: problems and prospects; Early medial temporal dysfunction and autism; Models of the Nature of Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Developmental Course of Psychopathology: Genetic structure of neurodevelopmental traits: implications for the development and definition of psychopathology; Prospects and problems in the search for genetic influences on neurodevelopment and psychopathology: application to childhood disruptive disorders; Developmental psychoneuroimmunology: the role of cytokine network activation in the epigenesis of developmental psychopathology; The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system HPA and the development of aggressive, antisocial and substance abuse disorders; Neuroendocrine functioning in maltreated children; Toward unraveling the premorbid

Keywords: Developmental Neurobiology, Pathophysiology, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Pathological, Psychology, Etiology, Neurodevelopment, Neural Development