Brain and Mind (eBook)

Andreas SteckProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of BaselSwitzerlandBarbara SteckLecturer of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and PsychotherapyUniversity of BaselSwitzerland

Foreword by Mark Solms Preface Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1  I CONSCIOUSNESSThe Problem of ConsciousnessNeurobiology of ConsciousnessModels of Consciousness         The Global Workspace Model         The Dynamic Core Model         EpilogueConscious PerceptionThe Embodied MindUnderstanding the Human Brain by Studying Large Scale NetworksChallenges II CLINICAL VIEW OF CONSCIOUSNESSIntroductionThe Pathophysiology of Reduced ConsciousnessThe Construction of the Conscious BrainThe Hierarchy of ConsciousnessWhen Consciousness Fades          Anesthesia          Minimally Conscious StateAltered Consciousness in Neurological Disorders          Disconnection and Neglect          Epilepsy          Narcolepsy          Alzheimer’s disease    CHAPTER 2        I MEMORYIntroductionDifferent Types of MemoryThe Dynamics of Memory TracesThe Molecular Biology of MemoryNeurogenesis: Links to Memory and Behavior II CLINICAL VIEW OF MEMORY The Memory MachineryInfantile AmnesiaMind, Time and Memory          Mind and Time in Childhood and Adolescence          Re-transcription of MemoryAmnesias and Memory Disorders            Transient Global Amnesia          Chronic or Progressive Amnestic Disorders  CHAPTER 3 I EMOTIONS Evolving Concept of the Limbic SystemEmotion and Behavior          Emotional Systems          The Role of the Frontal Lobe          Social Emotion and Social Norm   II THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELFBrain Development and the SelfPsychological and Self - Development          True and False SelfEarly Parent - Child Relationship          Parenthood          Early Relationship Disorders CHAPTER 4  I LANGUAGEThe Evolutionary Origin of LanguageThe Classical Language Regions                    The Language NetworkThe Neural Basis of Speech Perception and LanguageLanguage Learning Disorders        II COMMUNICATION  IntroductionGestural CommunicationSocial Interactions or Proto-ConversationsSpeech and Language  III MUSICIntroductionMusic and the BrainMusic in Early Human DevelopmentThe Emotional Power of Music   CHAPTER 5  STRESS AND TRAUMAStress and the BrainNeurobiological Responses to Stress          Stress and Mental Disorders          New Avenues for TreatmentPsychic Trauma ConceptsPsychic Trauma in Children          Psychobiological Aspects          Psychodynamic Aspects          Symptoms and Phases of Psychic Trauma          Familial Aspects          Post-Traumatic ConsequencesPost-Traumatic Stress Disorders Risk for Psychic Traumatization           Children of Mentally or Somatically Ill Parents                   Psychotherapeutic Interventions           Adoption  CHAPTER 6  I PAIN AND MIND-BODYIntroduction Pain Mechanisms and Functions          The Affective Pain System            Notes on Chronic Pain   II SOMATIZATION - PSYCHOSOMATICSThe Mind - Body DilemmaPsychosomatics          Speaking Body, Speechless MindSomatization in Children and Adolescents CHAPTER 7  RESILIENCEA Dynamic ConceptGene - Environment - Interactions          AdoptionDevelopmentTemperamentStressDepressionAttachmentResilience promotion CHAPTER 8  GRIEFIntroductionProlonged Grief Disorder or Complicated GriefGrief in Children and AdolescentsPathological Grief and SecretTransgenerational Transmission of Traumatic EventsNeurobiology of Grief and Depression           New Treatments for Depression CHAPTER 9  DREAMS AND THE DREAMING BRAINHistoryThe 24-Hour BrainNeurophysiology of DreamsTransition States of SleepFunctions of DreamsLucid DreamingDaydreamingNightmaresMusic in DreamsDream Work in Psychotherapy CHAPTER 10  NOTES TO PSYCHOTHERAPYIntroductionDialogue between Psychoanalysis and NeuroscienceTransference and Intersubjective RelationshipInterpretation / InterventionPsychoanalytical Therapy for Patients with Adverse Childhood ExperiencesPsychotherapy in Children and Adolescents          Indication for Psychoanalytical Therapy          Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy          Play          Psychoanalytical Therapeutic Group PsychodramaPsychopharmacological TreatmentNarratives          Introduction          Narratives in Psychotherapy