Neurobiology of Mental Illness

Excellent and thorough text on the physiology of mental illness. Though written by medical authorities it is pretty accessible to this lay person.

This book is a kind of a collection of up-to-date reviews rather than a textbook. Indeed some chapters are hypothetical. If you are an undergraduate students, I will not recommend this book. But if you are a graduate student or a researhcer who wants to latest information, I will recommend this book.

This is a huge book that covers every question that you may have about biological psychiatry, and even some that you haven't. As a graduate student in Neuroscience, I have found it invaluable as a theoretical reference. The only downside is that it covers so much information, that it can be difficult to read on your own. I wish that I a class offered at my school that used this book.

This book is wonderful. It begins with a section explaining many of the basics of neuroscience, which can be used as a reference for psychologists that are not schooled in neuroscience. There are sections for each of the most highly researched psychiatric and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease. I used this book as a (non-required) supplement to a neuropsychology seminar. The rest of the class relied solely on the content of the journal articles they were reviewing. With the aid of this book, I stood out as the teacher's pet. The information in this text pulls together research in the field in a way that is not done elsewhere. I noticed quite a few typos, which was surprising given that it wasn't the first edition and it cost so much. The content more than makes up for it, however, and I strongly recommend this book.