Breaking ground -- "Coop, the king" -- Finding the problem in Parkinson's -- The French connection -- Learning from the leads -- DBS for psychiatry -- DBS teams take on depression -- Tourette syndrome -- Battling epilepsy -- The hardest cases -- Patients, parameters, and risks -…
The Faces of a New Field: Q & A with Jamie TalanAuthor of Deep Brain Stimulation By Aalok MehtaFebruary 27, 2009 It''s an idea as simple in conception as it is revolutionary: implanting electrodes in a person''s brain to send the malfunctioning circuits back into normalcy. Unlik…
Drawn from Cerebrum's Web edition, this fourth annual collection brings together the foremost experts in brain science. Jay Giedd, Michael Posner, Mariale Hardiman, David Kupfer and Paul McHugh present their research on such cutting-edge topics as the development of the teen bra…
Drawn from Cerebrum's Web edition, this fourth annual collection brings together the foremost experts in brain science. Jay Giedd, Michael Posner, Mariale Hardiman, David Kupfer and Paul McHugh present their research on such cutting-edge topics as the development of the teen bra…
Cerebrum 2010 offers a feast for readers keen to know what the world's leading thinkers see as the newest ideas and implications arising from discoveries about the brain. Drawn from Cerebrum's highly regarded Web edition, this fourth annual collection brings together the foremos…
"Paul R. McHugh delivers a first-hand account of his battle against the theory of "repressed sexual memories" in the 1990s and closes with an argument against today's excessive diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Driven by a deep passion to rid psychiatry of nons…
Meeting the issue -- The path less traveled -- Appraising the problem -- Joining the contest -- Fighting for Danny Smith -- The scope of suspicion -- Moving from defense to offense -- Getting to know patients -- Making sense of DSM -- What is meant by hysteria? -- Words, words, …