Neuroscience for Clinicians Evidence, Models, and Practice /

• Main Authors: Simpkins, C. Alexander (Author), Simpkins, Annellen M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Neurosciences.; Clinical psychology.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.

Neuroscience for Clinicians: Evidence, Models, and Practice  C. Alexander Simpkins and Annellen M. Simpkins   Psychology began as the study of thoughts, moods, and emotions—the realm of the mind—gradually adding findings from neuroscience about the workings of the brain. Current interest in mind-bod...

Table of Contents:

• The birth of a new science.-Unlocking the key to neuroscience terminology
• What is the Mind and Brain?
• Learning from brain damaged individuals
• Neuroimaging technologies
• Modeling the Brain
• Neurons and Neurotransmitters
• Brain structures
• Brain Pathways
• Neural Networks: How Neurons Think and Learn
• Evolution of the Brain over Ions of Time
• Brain Development through the Life Span
• Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis: Changing Moment-by-Moment
• Principles for incorporating the Brain into Treatment
• Working with Attention
• Regulating Emotions
• Reconsolidating Memory
• Maximizing the Social Brain
• How Psychotherapy Changes the Brain
• Relieving Anxiety
• Finding a Better Balance for Depression and Bipolar Disorder
• Recovering from Addiction.