Clinical Cases in Psychiatry: Integrating Translational Neuroscience Approaches (eBook)

A. Carlo Altamura is Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, IRCCS Foundation Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, University of Milan, Director of Residency of Psychiatry. He is President of the Italian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology, Past President of the Italian Chapter of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders, and President of the Italian Society of Depressive Disorders. Author of 250 publications cited in PubMed.Paolo Brambilla, M.D., Specialist in Psychiatry, Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology, is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Milan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UT Houston, USA, Chair of the EPA Neuroimaging Section and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Affective Disorders.  Since 2005 he has been coordinating research studies at the Developmental Psychopathology Research Unit at the IRCCS Scientific Institute “E. Medea”. Prof. Brambilla is the recipient of several international scientific honors, of national and international grants, and is the author or co-author of more than 200 original papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. His current lifetime h-index is 47 as calculated by Scopus.

Chapter 1: Early onset psychosis with adolescent onset Gabriele Panza and Silvia Paletta).- Chapter 2: Deficitary Schizophrenia (Riccardo Paoli and Marika Grottaroli).- Chapter 3: Psychosis In The Elderly (Chiara Rovera and Alessandro Pigoni).- Chapter 4: Psychotic bipolar disorder (Massimiliano Buoli and Alice Caldiroli).- Chapter 5: Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder (Alessio Fiorentini, Laura Cremaschi and Cecilia Prunas).- Chapter 6: Dementia and bipolar spectrum disorders (Valentina Ciappolino and Giulia Orsenigo).- Chapter 7: Cannabis Induced Psychosis (Lucio Oldani and Benedetta Grancini).- Chapter 8: Psychotic disorders due to traumatic brain injury (PD-TBI) (Matteo Lazzaretti, Silvia Grassi and Gianmario Mandolini).- Chapter 9: Perinatal Depression (Marta Serati and Greta Carnevali).- Chapter 10: Depression, dementia and pseudodementia (Sara Pozzoli, Vera De Carloa and Domenico Madonna).- Chapter 11: Catatonia and Cotard’s Syndrome (Andrea Botturi and Francesca Bottinelli).- Chapter 12: Generalized anxiety disorder, somatisation and emotional dysregulation (Gianluigi Tacchini and Matteo Vismara).- Chapter 13: Conversion Disorders Across Psychiatry And Neurology (Tiziana Carandini, Andrea Arighi, Elio Scarpini).- Chapter 14: Long acting injection for psychosis (Massimo Mauri and Chiara Di Pace).- Chapter 15: Cognitive Enhancement in The Early Phases Of Psychosis (Elisabetta Caletti).- Chapter 16: The use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (Bernardo Dell’osso, Beatrice Benatti and Chiara Arici).