Global Emergency of Mental Disorders
- 1st Edition - May 18, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Jahangir Moini, Justin Koenitzer, Anthony LoGalbo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 8 3 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 8 4 3 - 4
Global Emergency of Mental Disorders is a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read overview of the neurodevelopmental basis of multiple mental disorders and their accompanying consequen… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGlobal Emergency of Mental Disorders is a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read overview of the neurodevelopmental basis of multiple mental disorders and their accompanying consequences, including addiction, suicide and homelessness. Compared to other references that examine the treatment of psychiatric disorders, this book uniquely focuses on their neurodevelopment. It is designed for neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology students, and various other clinical professions. With chapters on anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and others, this volume provides information about incidence, prevalence and mortality rates in addition to developmental origins. With millions worldwide affected, this book will be an invaluable resource.
- Explores psychiatric disorders from a neurodevelopmental perspective
- Covers multiple disorders, including anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Examines the brain mechanisms that underly disorders
- Addresses the opioid epidemic and suicide
- Reviews special patient populations by gender and age
Graduate students in neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and biological and biomedical sciences. A wide range of academic and professional disciplines (scientist, clinicians, students, and professionals)
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Introduction
- Chapter 1: Brain structures and functions
- Abstract
- Brain divisions
- Cerebral hemispheres
- Cerebral cortex
- Cerebral white matter
- Ventricles
- Basal nuclei
- Diencephalon
- Limbic system
- Brainstem
- Cerebellum
- Cranial nerves
- Autonomic nervous system
- Chapter 2: Brain neurotransmitters
- Abstract
- Classifications of neurotransmitters
- Types of neurotransmitters
- Opioid peptides
- Nonopioid neuropeptides
- Neuromodulators
- Functional considerations
- Chapter 3: Normal child and adolescent development
- Abstract
- Prenatal development
- Infancy and childhood
- Adolescence
- Chapter 4: Global epidemiology of mental disorders
- Abstract
- World population
- Aging of the population
- Life expectancy
- Distribution of mental disorders by gender and race
- Incidence
- Incidence rate
- Prevalence
- Relationship between incidence and prevalence
- Measures of disease frequency
- Mortality from mental disorders
- Disability-adjusted life years
- Burden of mental disorders
- Global prevention of mental disorders
- Part II: Psychiatric disorders
- Chapter 5: Anxiety disorders
- Abstract
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Panic disorder
- Specific phobias
- Agoraphobia
- Selective mutism
- Separation anxiety disorder
- Substance or medication-induced anxiety disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 6: Depressive disorders
- Abstract
- Major depressive disorder
- Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia)
- Other specified or unspecified depressive disorder
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- Depressive disorder due to another medical condition
- Substance-/medication-induced depressive disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 7: Bipolar and related disorders
- Abstract
- Bipolar I disorder
- Bipolar II disorder
- Unspecified bipolar disorder
- Cyclothymic disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 8: Obsessive-compulsive disorders
- Abstract
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Hoarding disorder
- Trichotillomania
- Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
- Tic disorders
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 9: Trauma- and stressor-related disorders
- Abstract
- Acute stress disorder
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Adjustment disorders
- Chapter 10: Dissociative disorders
- Abstract
- Depersonalization/derealization disorder
- Dissociative amnesia
- Dissociative identity disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 11: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
- Abstract
- Schizophrenia
- Brief psychotic disorder
- Delusional disorder
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Schizophreniform disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 12: Somatic symptom disorder and related disorders
- Abstract
- Somatic symptom disorder
- Conversion disorder
- Factitious disorder imposed on self
- Factitious disorder imposed on another
- Illness anxiety disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 13: Eating disorders
- Abstract
- Anorexia nervosa
- Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
- Binge-eating disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Pica
- Rumination disorder
- Chapter 14: Sleep-wake disorders
- Abstract
- Physiology of sleep
- Insomnia
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
- Restless legs syndrome
- Circadian rhythm disorders
- Sleep-wake disturbances
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 15: Sexuality, gender dysphoria, and paraphilias
- Abstract
- Sexual biology
- Male sexuality
- Female sexuality
- Gays and lesbians
- Gender
- Gender dysphoria
- Paraphilias
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 16: Substance-related disorders
- Abstract
- Substance-induced disorders
- Substance-use disorders
- Scheduled drugs
- Tobacco use disorder
- Alcohol use disorder
- Cannabis use disorder
- Sedative/hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorder
- Opioid use disorder
- Stimulant use disorder
- Hallucinogen use disorder
- Anabolic steroid use disorder
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 17: Personality disorders
- Abstract
- Paranoid personality disorder
- Schizoid personality disorder
- Schizotypal personality disorder
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Histrionic personality disorder
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Avoidant personality disorder
- Dependent personality disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Clinical cases
- Part III: Caring for special populations
- Chapter 18: Children and adolescents
- Abstract
- Epidemiology
- Prevention and promotion
- Economic realities
- Cultural factors (displacement)
- Public health and primary care
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Behavioral disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Rett syndrome
- Eating disorders
- Intellectual disability
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 19: Women
- Abstract
- Epidemiology
- Prevention and promotion
- Substance-induced mental disorders
- Public health and primary care
- Anxiety
- Agoraphobia
- Panic disorder
- Depression
- Prenatal and postpartum depression
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Somatoform disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Suicidal behavior
- Menopause and hormonal changes
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 20: Cultural factors and minorities
- Abstract
- Culture and nationality
- Culture and language
- Culture and gender
- Culture and sexual orientation
- Culture and race
- Culture and personality
- Culture and values
- Cultural beliefs and attitudes
- Culture and religion
- Culture and mental health in minorities
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 21: Older adults
- Abstract
- Cognition
- Delirium
- Dementia
- Depression in older adults
- Suicide in older adults
- Death and bereavement
- Alterations of elderly personality
- Quality of life
- Clinical cases
- Part IV: Contemporary global crises
- Chapter 22: The opioid epidemic
- Abstract
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Morphine
- Heroin
- Fentanyl
- Meperidine
- Methadone
- Tramadol
- Codeine
- Hydrocodone
- Oxycodone
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 23: Suicides and homicides
- Abstract
- Epidemiology of suicides and homicides
- Traumatic brain injury and suicide
- Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide
- Chronic pain, opioids, and suicide
- Alcohol and suicide
- Suicide attempts and completed suicide
- Euthanasia
- Schizophrenia and homicide
- Substance-induced psychosis and homicide
- Traumatic brain injury and homicide
- Temporal lobe dysfunction and homicide
- Dementia and homicide
- Antisocial personality disorder and homicide
- Clinical cases
- Chapter 24: The homelessness crisis
- Abstract
- History
- Epidemiology
- Societal factors
- Personal factors
- Risk of infection
- Clinical cases
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 18, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323858373
- eBook ISBN: 9780323858434
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Jahangir Moini
Dr. Moini is an international author of 38 medical textbooks for various publishers including Elsevier, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Jones & Bartlett Learning, Cengage Learning, and Routledge. In addition to continuing his venture as an author, he has been a professor for over 40 years. He is a retired professor with the Eastern Florida State College Science & Health Department. Previously, Dr. Moini was an assistant professor at Tehran University Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. For 18 years, he was the Director of Epidemiology for the Brevard County Health Department. He was also Director of Allied Health at Everest University for 15 years.
Affiliations and expertise
Retired Professor, Science and Health Department, Eastern Florida State College, FL, USAJK
Justin Koenitzer
Justin C. Koenitzer, Psy.D. earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his doctoral degree from Florida Institute of Technology, with specialized training in neuropsychology and behavioral medicine. He completed his clinical internship in the neuropsychology specialty track at Eastern Virginia Medical School, followed by a two-year residency in neuropsychology. He has taught various courses in psychology and clinical psychology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Koenitzer has been working as a clinical psychologist at the Orlando VA Healthcare System for the past 8 years. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Koenitzer’s current research interests are in the areas of performance validity, dementia, and neurocognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Psychologist, Orlando Veterans Administration Healthcare System, FL, USAAL
Anthony LoGalbo
Dr. LoGalbo is a Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida, where he teaches graduate coursework and conducts applied research in the clinical psychology (PsyD) program. He is also the clinical director and primary supervisor of Florida Tech's Sports Concussion Management Program, and the clinical neuropsychology director at the Health First Florida Memory Disorder Clinic. Previously, he was in clinical practice at Florida Hospital (AdventHealth) in Orlando, serving both inpatients and outpatients through the Neuroscience Institute and Department of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Educationally, he earned a PhD in medical/clinical psychology with a focus on neuropsychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, School of Psychology, FL, USARead Global Emergency of Mental Disorders on ScienceDirect