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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262044595

ISBN-139780262044592

eBay Product ID (ePID)8050033693

Product Key Features

Number of Pages342 Pages

Publication NameComputational Psychiatry : a Primer

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

SubjectCognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Computer Science, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers, Psychology, Medical

AuthorPeggy Series

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight28.3 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2019-059142

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.8900285

Table Of ContentCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO PSYCHIATRY CHAPTER 2: METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHIATRY: A BRIEF SURVEY CHAPTER 3: BIOPHYSICALLY BASED NEURAL CIRCUIT MODELING OF WORKING MEMORY AND DECISION MAKING AND RELATED PSYCHIATRIC DEFICITS CHAPTER 4: COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF COGNITIVE CONTROL: PAST AND CURRENT APPROACHES CHAPTER 5: THE VALUE OF ALMOST EVERYTHING: MODELS OF THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE VALENCE SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO PSYCHIATRY CHAPTER 6: PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA FROM A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 7: DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS FROM A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 8: ANXIETY DISORDERS FROM A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 9: ADDICTION FROM A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 10 : TOURETTE SYNDROME FROM A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 11: PERSPECTIVES AND FURTHER STUDY IN COMPUTATIONAL PSYCHIATRY

SynopsisThe first introductory textbook in the emerging, fast-developing field of computational psychiatry. Computational psychiatry applies computational modeling and theoretical approaches to psychiatric questions, focusing on building mathematical models of neural or cognitive phenomena relevant to psychiatric diseases. It is a young and rapidly growing field, drawing on concepts from psychiatry, psychology, computer science, neuroscience, electrical and chemical engineering, mathematics, and physics. This book, accessible to nonspecialists, offers the first introductory textbook in computational psychiatry. After more than 100 years of psychological theories, psychopharmacological research, and clinical experience, the challenges of understanding and treating mental illness remain. Computational psychiatry seeks to explain how psychiatric dysfunction may emerge mechanistically, and how it may be classified, predicted, and clinically addressed. It has the potential to bridge advances in neuroscience and clinical applications, connecting low-level biological features with high-level cognitive features. After a survey of computational psychiatry methods, the book covers biologically detailed models of working memory and decision making and computational models of cognitive control. It then describes the application of computational approaches to schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, addiction, and Tourette's syndrome. Finally, the book briefly discusses additional disorders and offers guidelines for future research. Chapters also offer discussions of related issues, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further study. The book can be used as a textbook by students and as a reference for scientists and clinicians interested in applying computational models to diagnosis and treatment strategies.

LC Classification NumberRC455.2.D38S47 2020