New research in psychiatry

the long version

An overview of current capabilities in clinical psychiatry, this book includes recent developments in epidemiology, psychopharmacology, child and adolescent psychiatry, genetics and functional brain imaging. Its aim is to describe the most important advances in our understanding of psychiatric dysfunctions, and their underlying psychological and biological mechanisms. In addition, new hypotheses and practical results concerning the prevention of depression and substance abuse are presented. Each contribution is accompanied by a critical analysis of the methods, results and hypotheses is question.