Nuclear Medicine in Psychiatry, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004

1 Functional Imaging and Functional Psychopathology: An Introductory Chapter.- Technical Section.- 2 Instrumentation in Nuclear Medicine.- 3 Perfusion Tracers: Biological Bases and Clinical Implications.- 4 Molecular Aspects of G-protein Coupled Receptor Signalling of Relevance for Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Psychiatry.- 5 Radioligands for Central Neuroreceptors.- 6 Ligand Tracer Kinetics: Theory and Application.- 7 Functional Brain Imaging and Drug Development.- 8 Neuroreceptor Imaging Studies and the Mechanism of Action of Antipsychotic Drugs.- 9 Functional Brain Imaging and Large Animal Research.- 10 Functional Brain Imaging in the Dog: Perfusion and Serotonin-2A Receptor Imaging in Physiological and Pathophysiological Conditions.- Clinical Section Introductory Chapter.- 11 Functional Psychopathology: A Diagnostic Approach to Enhance the Return of Human Brain and Behaviour Research.- Nosological Psychopathology.- 12 Nuclear Neuroimaging in Child Psychiatry.- 13 ?-Amyloid Imaging In Vivo and Its Possible Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease.- 14 Psychiatric Disorders in Parkinsonian Syndromes — Nuclear Medicine Contribution.- 15 Neuropsychiatric Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- 16 The Late Whiplash Syndrome: Current Aspects of Functional Neuroimaging.- 17 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.- 18 Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorder.- 19 Nuclear Brain Imaging in Mood Disorders.- 20 Neuro-SPECTand Its Application in Bipolar Affective Disorders.- 21 Radioligand Studies in Depression.- 22 Functional Neuroimaging in Social Anxiety Disorder.- 23 Functional Neuroimaging in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.- 24 Nuclear Neuroimaging and Psychosurgery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- 25 Nuclear Brain Imaging in Eating Disorders.- 26 FunctionalNeuroimaging in Sleep Disorders.- 27 Functional Brain Imaging in Personality Research and Personality Disorders.- 28 Functional Brain Imaging of Suicidal Behaviour.- Functional Psychopathology.- 29 Functional Brain Imaging of Impulsive Aggression.- 30 Brain Function During Hypnosis.- 31 Functional Neuroimaging in Hysteria and Catatonia.- 32 Functional Neuro-imaging in Apathy.- 33 Functional Brain Imaging in Court.- Background Informations on the Editors.

State of the art in nuclear medicine brain research in psychiatry Psychiatric diagnoses, not only from a categorical but also from a functional-psychopathological viewpoint Contribution in pathophysiological issues, diagnosis, course and therapy prediction and therapy evaluation in psychiatry