Heinz, Andreas

A New Understanding of Mental Disorders: Computational Models for Dimensional Psychiatry

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ISBN 13:
9780262036894
author:
Heinz, Andreas
format:
HardBack
publisher:
MIT Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2017
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
15.2 x 1.1 x 22.9 cm
Genre:
Health, Family & Lifestyle, Psychology & Psychiatry, Specific Topics,
Condition:
New
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£23.19

Description

A New Understanding of Mental Disorders Computational Models for Dimensional Psychiatry by Andreas Heinz explores a fresh approach to understanding and classifying mental disorders. Current diagnostic categories are often based solely on clinical symptoms, with neurobiological findings rarely helping diagnose specific diseases or predict outcomes. Heinz proposes a computational and dimensional approach, focusing on the malleability and diversity of human behavior and its biological underpinnings. This book delves into basic learning mechanisms and their effects on human behavior, tracing alterations in dopamine-reinforcement learning across various mental disorders such as addiction, affective disorders, and psychosis. The author's work has significant clinical and therapeutic implications, shedding light on the underlying dimensions of mental disorders that can account for complex syndromes like craving and loss of control in addiction, positive and negative mood states in affective disorders, and altered experiences of self and world in psychotic states.

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