Neuropsychopathology of Schizophrenia

Dr. Ming Li received his Bachelor and Master degrees in psychology from Beijing University in 1991 and 1996 respectively. After that, he went to the University of Toronto and studied under the supervision of Professor Alison Fleming on the neuroanatomical substrates of maternal memory in rats. He received his PhD in 2002. He then joined Professor Shitij Kapur's lab as a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, and completed his postdoctoral training in 2005. Dr. Li joined the psychology faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2005. His research interests are focused in the field of behavioral pharmacology. Specifically, he is interested in developing animal models of schizophrenia, and understanding the neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of action of antipsychotic drugs. His work is supported by the major federal and state funding agencies, and several research foundations.Dr. Spaulding received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1976 and completed a postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research and Teaching at the University of Rochester, 1976-1979. He joined the UN-L faculty in 1979. His research interests address various aspects of schizophrenia and other severe disorders, including clinical and experimental psychopathology, the effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation, and service systems and social policy.

• Forward.- 1. Volume editors’ introduction.- 2. Neurodevelopment genomic strategies in the study of the psychosis spectrum.- 3. Alterations in prefrontal cortical circuitry and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia.- 4. Visual perception in schizophrenia:  A unified model.- 5. Avolition, negative symptoms and a clinical science journey and transition to the future.- 6. An affective neuroscience model of impaired approach motivation in schizophrenia.- 7. Multimodal brain and behavior indices of psychosis risk.- 8. Changing the diagnostic concept of schizophrenia: The NIMH Research Domain Criteria Initiative.

“This outstanding book, authored by leaders in psychosis research, is a very welcome addition to the psychiatric literature and is a testament to the current state of psychosis research. … This is a scholarly book that concludes each chapter with relevant and timely citations of the pertinent scientific literature. This is a superb book on the neuroscience of psychosis, particularly schizophrenia, that would be helpful for anyone interested in learning about the latest research on brain behavior relationships in psychosis.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2016)“The papers in this volume are carefully conceived, clearly written, extensively referenced, highly informative, and forward-looking with respect to possible future research and clinical developments in the neuroscience of behavior. This book will be valued both by scholars in the field and by readers becoming initially familiar with neuroimaging methods and what they can reveal about brain–behavior relationships.” (Irving B. Weiner, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (41), 2016)