Brain and Mind

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

• CHAPTER 1.- I CONSCIOUSNESS.- The Problem of Consciousness.- Neurobiology of Consciousness Models of Consciousness.- The Global Workspace Model.- The Dynamic Core Model.- Epilogue.- Conscious Perception.- The Embodied Mind.- Understanding the Human Brain by Studying Large Scale Networks.- Challenges.- II CLINICAL VIEW OF CONSCIOUSNESS.- Introduction.- The Pathophysiology of Reduced Consciousness.- The Construction of the Conscious Brain.- The Hierarchy of Consciousness.- When Consciousness Fades.- Anesthesia.- Minimally Conscious State.- Altered Consciousness in Neurological Disorders.- Disconnection and Neglect.- Epilepsy.- Narcolepsy.- Alzheimer’s disease.- CHAPTER 2.- I MEMORY.- Introduction.- Different Types of Memory.- The Dynamics of Memory Traces.- The Molecular Biology of Memory.- Neurogenesis: Links to Memory and Behavior.- II CLINICAL VIEW OF MEMORY.- The Memory Machinery.- Infantile Amnesia.- Mind, Time and Memory.- Mind and Time in Childhood and Adolescence.- Re-transcription of Memory.- Emotions and Memory.- Amnesias and Memory Disorders.- Transient Global Amnesia.- Chronic or Progressive Amnestic Disorders.- CHAPTER 3.- I EMOTIONS.- Evolving Concept of the Limbic System.- Emotion and Behavior.- Emotional Systems.- The Role of the Frontal Lobe.- Social Emotion and Social Norm.- II THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF.- Brain Development and the Self.- Psychological and Self – Development.- True and False Self.- Early Parent - Child Relationship.- Parenthood.- Early Relationship Disorders.- CHAPTER 4.- I LANGUAGE.- The Evolutionary Origin of Language.- The Classical Language Regions.- The Language Network.- The Neural Basis of Speech Perception and Language.- Language Learning Disorders.- II COMMUNICATION.- Introduction.- Gestural Communication.- Social Interactions or Proto-Conversations.- Speech and Language.- III MUSIC.- Introduction.- Music and the Brain.- Music in Early Human Development.- The Emotional Power of Music.- CHAPTER 5.- STRESS AND TRAUMA.- Stress and the Brain.- Neurobiological Responses to Stress.- Stress and Mental Disorders.- New Avenues for Treatment.- Psychic Trauma.- Concepts.- Psychic Trauma in Children.- Psychobiological Aspects.- Psychodynamic Aspects.- Symptoms and Phases of Psychic Trauma.- Familial Aspects.- Post-Traumatic Consequences.- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders.- Risk for Psychic Traumatization.- Children of Mentally or Somatically Ill Parents.- Psychotherapeutic Interventions.- Adoption.- CHAPTER 6.- I PAIN AND MIND-BODY.- Introduction.- Pain Mechanisms and Functions.- The Affective Pain System.- Notes on Chronic Pain.- II SOMATIZATION – PSYCHOSOMATICS.- The Mind - Body Dilemma.- Psychosomatics.- Speaking Body, Speechless Mind.- Somatization in Children and Adolescents.- CHAPTER 7.- RESILIENCE.- A Dynamic Concept.- Gene - Environment – Interactions.- Adoption.- Development.- Temperament.- Stress.- Depression.- Attachment.- Resilience promotion.- CHAPTER 8.- GRIEF.- Introduction.- Prolonged Grief Disorder or Complicated Grief.- Grief in Children and Adolescents.- Pathological Grief and Secret.- Transgenerational Transmission of Traumatic Events.- Neurobiology of Grief and Depression.- New Treatments for Depression.- CHAPTER 9.- DREAMS AND THE DREAMING BRAIN.- History.- The 24-Hour Brain.- Neurophysiology of Dreams.- Transition States of Sleep.- Functions of Dreams.- Lucid Dreaming.- Daydreaming.- Nightmares.- Music in Dreams.- Dream Work in Psychotherapy.- CHAPTER 10.- NOTES TO PSYCHOTHERAPY.- Introduction.- Dialogue between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience.- Transference and Intersubjective Relationship.- Interpretation / Intervention.- Psychoanalytical Therapy for Patients with Adverse Childhood Experiences.- Psychotherapy in Children and Adolescents.- Indication for Psychoanalytical Therapy.- Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy.- Play.- Psychoanalytical Therapeutic Group Psychodrama.- Psychopharmacological Treatment.- Narratives.- Introduction.- Narratives in Psychotherapy.

“The purpose is to attempt to bridge the gap between objectivity in regards to neuroscience and the subjectivity of the self via clinical phenomena. … The targeted audience includes psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychotherapists. … This is a scholarly book, and each chapter ends with citations of the relevant scientific literature.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2016)