BRAVE NEW BRAIN
Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome
Nancy C. Andreasen
Oxford University Press, 2001
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Become familiar with the body of current knowledge on the relation of genetics to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and dementia
• Examine research on the mapping of the human genome
• Examine each illness and the relation of genetics to predisposition, initiation, progression, and treatment
• Know at what age the gyrification of the human brain is completed
• Learn both positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
• Learn about the newest “treatment of choice” group of antidepressant medications and what they regulate
• Learn about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
• Learn about the concept of “brain plasticity”
• Know the neurotransmitter that plays an important role in mood disorders
Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., is Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa College
of Medicine, the Editor-in-Chief of THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY and a member of the task force that developed DSM-III and DSM-IV. She has won the National Medal of Science and written ten other books and hundreds of articles.
10 CE Credits; 344 pages
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