Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update

Pascual Ángel Gargiulo, PhDSpecialist in PsychiatryProfessor of Psychopathology Catholic University of ArgentinaHead Laboratory of Neurosciences and Experimental PsychologyNational Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Professor of Pharmacology National University of Cuyo Mendoza, Argentina  Humberto Luís Mesones-Arroyo, M.D., DPMPsychiatrist by University Complutense of Madrid and University of Buenos AiresFormer Director of National Institute of Mental Health (Argentina).Member of the Council of the Institute of Neurobiology (Buenos Aires)Member of the Board of Certification, National Academy of Medicine (Argentina)Buenos Aires, Argentina

• PART 1: EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE STUDY OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIORS.- 1. Knowledge, by Philosophy or Science? Psychotherapy or Neuroscience?.- 2. Phenomenology as an approach method in the Neurosciences.- 3. Trends in Philosophy of Mind and in Philosophy of Neuroscience.- 4. Neurosciences, Neuroeconomics, and Metaphysics.- 5. Towards a Psychotherapy with a Philosophical Basis.- 6. DSM5: A Bioethical Overview.- PART 2: FROM BASIC NEUROSCIENCES TO HUMAN BRAIN.- 7. Brain Renin-Angiotensin System: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Psychostimulant and Alcohol Related Disorders?.- 8. Role of the Neuropeptide Angiotensin II in Stress and Related Disorders.- 9. Neurovascular Cognitive Alterations: Implication of Brain Renin-Angiotensin System (Ras). Therapeutic Opportunities and Risk Factors.- 10. Prevention of Stress-Induced Cognitive Impairment: Today and Tomorrow.- 11. Circadian Synchronization of Cognitive Functions.- 12. The Role of Iron and Other Trace Elementson Mental Development and Cognitive Function.- 13. New Insights in Glutamate-Mediated Mechanisms Underlying Benzodiazepines Dependence and Cocaine Vulnerability.- 14. Soy and Psychotropic Effects: A Brief Overview.- 15. Use of Psychotropic Drugs: Between the Medicalization and Rationality.- PART 3: NEUROSCIENCES, LEARNING, TEACHING AND THE ROLE OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.- 16. Learning Styles: From Basic Investigation to Learning in the Classroom.- 17. Learning Styles and Strategies: The Importance of the Tool Selection.- 18. Attentional Capacity in Children: Intervention Programmes for its Development.- 19. Social Representation and Imagery of Labor.- Evaluation Process of the Psychosocial and Labor Vulnerability (PSLV) and its Relation With Mental Health.- PART 4: EXPLAINING HUMAN PATHOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS: FROM BRAIN DISORDERS TO PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.- 20. The Ying and Yang of Pain: Protective vs. Damaging.- 21. Neuropsychological Disorders after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury or Concussion.- 22. Animal Models of psychopathology and its relation to clinical practice.- 23. Biological Markers in Psychiatry and its Relation with Translational Approaches: Brief Historical Review.- 24. ‘Two Hit’ Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms In Schizophrenia: Focus On Animal Models And The Role Of BDNF.- 25. Translating the Glutamatergic Hypothesis of Schizophrenia through Homeostatic Regulation of Brain Glycine.- 26. Adenosine in the neurobiology of schizophrenia: potential adenosine receptor-based pharmacotherapy.- 27. Mindfulness and Neuroimaging.- 28. Clinical Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer´s Disease.

“This book, written by international experts, attempts to bridge the gap between neuroscience and psychiatry and is a outstanding contribution to the scientific literature. … The intended audience … includes psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers of science, neuroscientists, neurologists, bioethicists, and anyone interested in this intriguing field. … This is an excellent and informative book on an important problem in the integration of the various levels of explanation in the neurosciences.” (Michael Joel Schrift, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)