Clinical neuroscience approaches in psychiatry.
Recent advances in the clinical neurosciences have begun to expand and change our understanding of how the brain functions. As further neuroscientific principles are delineated we may gain insights into the underlying pathophysiology of some psychiatric disorders and through this new understanding we may be able to define new therapeutic interventions. Two illustrative examples of neuroscientific research are discussed and reviewed both in terms of the promises and dangers inherent in these new approaches to the mind.
D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*
D004298:Dopamine