Randi Jenssen Hagerman

Gebundenes Buch

Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Targeting Neurobiological Mechanisms

Beschreibung

This book brings advances in genetics, neurobiology, and psychopharmacology to the clinic to enhance treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders. Significant progress has been made in identifying the neurobiological mechanisms of several disorders and targeted treatments are modifying the outcome of these disorders.

Autor

Dr. Randi Hagerman is an expert in the treatment in neurodevelopmental disorders with expertise in targeted treatments that reverse the neurobiological abnormalities associated with a specific disorder. This new age of targeted treatments has led to new interventions which are changing the trajectories of development for many of these children. Dr. Robert Hendren is a psychiatrist who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism. His research has spanned a variety of illnesses, from autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to eating and impulse control disorders. In 2001 he became diretor of the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis. where he developed a strong clinical trials program that has tested many new treatments for autism. Since 2009 as director of child and adolescent psychiatry at UCSF.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780199937806
• ISBN-10: 019993780X
• Artikelnr.: 47870296