Contemporary Neuropsychiatry

Neuropsychiatry explores the complex relationship between behavior and brain function from the interdisciplinary perspectives of psychology, neurology, and psychiatry. Researchers in the field investigate the psychiatric symptoms of neurological disorders and study psychiatric illnesses as brain disorders. This book is a collection of selected papers from the 3rd International Congress of Neuropsychiatry, held in Kyoto, Japan, in April 2000. Reflecting the broad range of knowledge and experience of the more than 700 participants at the Kyoto congress, the chapters of the book are organized in major subject areas that include worldwide collaboration in neuropsychiatry; brain structures and functions; neuropsychiatry in children, adolescents, and the elderly; and dementing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, diffuse Lewy body disease, and vascular dementia. The book is a rich source of information for all who work in neuropsychiatry and related fields.

Worldwide Collaboration and the Future of Neuropsychiatry.- The Future of Neuropsychiatry.- Worldwide Collaboration in Neuropsychiatry.- International Interaction in Neuropsychiatry: Vision of a Global Network.- Worldwide Collaborations in Psychiatry: The Role of Drug Trials in Schizophrenia in the Developing World.- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Turkish Alzheimer’s Patients.- MEG Functional Neuroimaging of Schizophrenic Patients and Comparison Subjects During Word Generation.- Brain Structures and Functions.- Brain Laterality and Psychopathology.- Zen and the Brain: The Path.- Functional Neuroimaging of the Human Brain.- Psychological Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease.- Behavioral and Cognitive Changes Following Thalamic and Basal Ganglionic Lesions.- Behavioral Manifestations of Alzheimer’s Disease.- Brain Structures Subserving Componential and Hierarchical Aspects of Human Emoticons.- The Brain and Zen.- Neuropsychiatry in the Elderly.- Sex Differences in Human Brain Aging.- Neuropsychiatry in the Elderly.- The Neuropsychiatry of Stroke.- Dementia and Poststroke Major Depression.- Neuropsychiatric Significance of Subcortical Encephalomalacia: Implications for Mood Disorders.- Clinical Characteristics of Vascular Dementia.- Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Cognitive Impairment in a Stroke Sample: Preliminary Results from the Sydney Stroke Study.- Neuroimaging and Pathological Correlates of Dementia Associated with Subcortical Ischemic Vascular Disease (SIVD).- Clinical Variability of Frontotemporal Dementia.- Dementia with Motor Neuron Disease: A Review.- Ubiquitinated Inclusions Link Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Frontotemporal Dementia.- Exclusive Mediotemporal Pathology Within the Spectrum of Frontotemporal Dementia.- Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Clinical Management.- Dementia with Lewy Bodies.- Neuropathological Studies on Dementia with Lewy Bodies.- Dementia with Lewy Bodies: What Is Its Relationship to Alzheimer’s Disease?.- Brain Pathology of Dementias.- Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Current Focus for Clinicians, Researchers, Caregivers, and Governmental Agencies.- Recent Trends in Pharmacological Treatment of Dementia.- The Validity of Auditory Event-Related Potentials in Diagnosis of Dementia: Prospective Study.- Quality of Life of Caregivers of Dementia Patients in India.- The Neuropsychiatry of Mood Disorders.- TMS in Mania and in Animal Models of Mania.- Comparison of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression.- The Therapeutic Efficacy of Prefrontal Slow rTMS in Major Depression and Schizophrenia.- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Psychiatric Disorders: The Sydney Studies.- Mechanisms of Inositol Effects on Behavior.- Effects of Antidepressants and Lithium on Intracellular Calcium Signaling.- The Neuropsychiatry of Schizophrenia and Related Conditions.- Neuroimaging and Neurobiology of Schizophrenia.- Positron Emission Tomography in Schizophrenia.- The Genetics of Schizophrenia.- Deficit and Nondeficit Schizophrenias: Some Neurobiological Correlates and more than 25 Years of Follow-Through Results.- Regional Changes in Brain Gray and White Matter Volumes in Patients with Schizophrenia.- Cognitive Dysfunction and Exploratory Eye Movements in Patients with Schizophrenia.- Discriminant Analysis Between Schizophrenics and Nonschizophrenics Using Exploratory Eye Movements.- Exploratory Eye Movements as a Trait Marker of Schizophrenia.- No Differences Between Bipolar Patients and Normal Controls in Inositol Levels and Inositol Monophosphatase Activity in Postmortem Brain.- Establishment of the First Systematic Brain Bank Network for Psychiatric Disorders in Japan.- Increased 5HT2A Receptors and Impaired Phosphoinositide Signaling in the Postmortem Brain of Suicide Victims.- Neurochemical Changes in Postmortem Brain Tissue from Subjects with Schizophrenia: Implications for the Illness.- Brain Banking in Psychiatric Disorders: The Amsterdam Experience.- Escalating Dose-Binge Exposure to Amphetamine and Methamphetamine: Behavioral and Neurochemical Characterization.- Involvement of G-Protein ??-Subunit-Mediated Signal Transduction in Methamphetamine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization.- A Molecular Approach to Identify Essential Factors for Establishment of Psychostimulant-Induced Behavioral Sensitization.- Alterations in Corticosterone Receptor mRNA Induced by Methamphetamine in Two Inbred Strains of Rats.- Neuroimaging in Chronic MAP Users.- The Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders.- Are Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Psychosis Caused by Differential Methylation?.- Influence of ADH and ALDH2 on Clinical Features of Alcohol Dependence.- Epileptic Psychoses and Anticonvulsants.- Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis and Epilepsy: The Status of the Relationship.- Anticonvulsants in Neuropsychiatry.- Antiepileptic Drugs in the Treatment of Psychiatric Diseases.- Use and Abuse of Anticonvulsants in Neuropsychiatry: Antiepileptic Drugs and Cognition.- Treatment of Aggression with Anticonvulsant Drugs.- Antiepileptic Drugs in Child Neuropsychiatry: A Latin American View.- Sleep Disorders.- Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Disturbed Sleep.- Biological Aspects of Personality and Behavior.- A Behavioral Analysis of Personality.- Genetic Structure of Personality: Comparison Between TCI and NEO (Big Five Model).- Evolution of Personality-Related Genes in Primates.- Association Between Novelty Seeking and Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4) Exon III Polymorphism.- Personality as a Vulnerability Factor in Eating Disorders.- The Psychoneuroimmunological Aspect of Eating Disorders.- Long-Term Course and Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa.- Psychooncology and Psychoimmunology.- Effect of a Structured Intervention on the Immune Function of Cancer Patients and Caregivers of Dementia Victims.- Hippocampal Volume, Memory Function, and Reexperience Symptoms of PTSD Among Cancer Survivors.- Effects of Family Functioning on Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients.