The Broken Brain provides a complete and remarkably readable guide to the new scientific understanding of schizophrenia, severe depression, and other major mental disorders and to the new medications that have already returned hundreds of thousands to more normal lives. Dr. Andreasen's book is also a social manifesto that seeks to remove the shame, guilt, and punishment that are still attached to the mentally ill and, instead, to regard them "as human beings who deserve as much sensitivity and love as people who suffer from cancer, muscular dystrophy, or heart disease."

The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry

Literature & Fiction

Andreasen, Nancy C.

Genre Fiction

William Morrow Paperbacks

Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome

Nancy Andreasen, a leading neuroscientist who is also Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious American Journal of Psychiatry as well as the winner of the illustrious National Medal of Science, offers here a state-of-the-art look at what we know about the human brain and the human genome--and shows how these two vast branches of knowledge are coming together in a boldly ambitious effort to conquer mental illness. Scientists today know more about the brain than ever before, thanks to new imaging techniques and to discoveries in neuroscience and molecular biology. Andreasen gives us an engaging and readable description of how it all works, from the billions of neurons to the tiny thalamus to the moral monitor in our prefrontal cortex. She also shows the progress made in mapping the human genome, whose 30,000 to 40,000 genes are almost all active in the brain. In perhaps the most fascinating section of the book, we read gripping stories of the people who develop mental illness, the friends and relatives who share their suffering, the physicians who treat them, and the scientists who study them so that better treatments can be found. This section covers four major disorders--schizophrenia, manic depression, anxiety disorders, and dementia--revealing what causes them, what happens to the mind and brain, and how the illnesses are treated. Finally, the book shows how the powerful tools of genetics and neuroscience will be combined during the next decades to build healthier brains and minds. Andreasen's bestselling The Broken Brain broke new ground in the public understanding of mental illness. Now, by revealing how combining genome mapping with brain mapping can unlock the mysteries of mental illness, she again offers general readers a remarkably fresh perspective on these devastating diseases--their nature, treatment, and possible future prevention.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Oxford University Press

Here, leading neuroscientist Nancy Andreasen offers a state-of-the-art look at what we know about the human brain and the human genome--and shows how these two vast branches of knowledge are coming together in a boldly ambitious effort to conquer mental illness. Andreasen gives us an engaging and readable description of how it all works---from billions of neurons, to the tiny thalamus, to the moral monitor in our prefrontal cortex. She shows the progress made in mapping the human genome, whose 30,000 to 40,000 genes are almost all active in the brain. We read gripping stories of the people who develop mental illness, the friends and relatives who share their suffering, the physicians who treat them, and the scientists who study them so that better treatments can be found. Four major disorders are covered--schizophrenia, manic depression, anxiety disorders, and dementia--revealing what causes them and how they affect the mind and brain. Finally, the book shows how the powerful tools of genetics and neuroscience will be combined during the next decades to build healthier brains and minds. By revealing how combining genome mapping with brain mapping can unlock the mysteries of mental illness, Andreasen offers a remarkably fresh perspective on these devastating diseases.

Psychology & Counseling

This book provides a comprehensive overview of positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia, approaching this aspect of the illness from a number of different directions, such as techniques for clinical description, interviews and rating scales, longitudinal course, prognostic significance, response to treatment and cognitive and neurobiological correlates.

Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia

Marneros, A.

Springer, Verlag

Shakespeare’s tragic plays, Mozart’s sublime symphonies, Einstein’s revolutionary theories—how did these geniuses create such magnificent and highly original works? Were their brains different from those of ordinary people? Using modern neuroscience together with first-person accounts of creative breakthroughs from artists and scientists such as Mozart, Henri Poincaré, and Neil Simon, The Creative Brain illuminates where extraordinary creativity comes from. Acclaimed brain scientist Nancy Andreasen proposes that, due to enriched connections between certain areas of the brain, geniuses are able to tap into the unconscious mind in ways that most of us can’t. She also explores the link between creativity and mental illness, and she shows how all of us can enhance our creative potential through mental exercises. Clearly and accessibly written, The Creative Brain is a fascinating investigation into the mystery of human genius.

The Creative Brain: The Science of Genius

Reference

Penguin Publishing Group

Andreasen, Nancy C., Black, Donald W.

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Medical Books

Black, Donald W.

Medicine

Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc

A comprehensive and concise textbook geared to the medical student. Written by two distinguished academic psychiatrists, the book offers the advantage of consistency of style, non-repetitiveness and clarity. Tables and questions provide a complement to the text. Organized in four major sections, an introductory section addresses history, assessment, diagnosis, laboratory tests and neurobiology. Section 2 focuses on the major psychiatric disorders. Section 3 examines special topics in psychiatry, including psychiatric aspects of AIDS, disorders of childhood and adolescence, and suicide. Section 4 covers both psychosocial and somatic treatments.

Second edition of an introductory psychiatry textbook for medical students. Previous edition 1991. DNLM: Mental Disorders.

...classic reference book offering an introduction to the field of psychiatry." Doody's Review Service

Travel in Mind: Getting Peak Performance from Your Brain on Any Journey

Travel

Andreasen, Suz

Travel Writing

Dana Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Andreasen, Nancy C.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Andreasen, Nancy C.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Andreasen, Nancy C.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry

Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome

Brave New Brain: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome

Negative Versus Positive Schizophrenia

The Creative Brain: The Science of Genius

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

Travel in Mind: Getting Peak Performance from Your Brain on Any Journey