Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology in Psychiatry

by David Linden

An introduction to Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology in Psychiatry, this book explains the basic physics and physiology behind the main techniques of neuroimaging, including MRI and PET, and non-invasive neurophysiology.

This title covers all the clinically relevant aspects of neuroimaging and neurophysiology methods. It includes individual chapters on techniques, diagnostic disease markers, and neurophysiological treatments to ensure psychiatrists are familiar with the clinical relevance of reported abnormalities.

With the latest research, Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology in Psychiatry is an invaluable and easy-to-read reference that will help practising psychiatrists in the evaluation of the use of neuroimaging methods in clinical, research, and forensic settings.

160 pages, Paperback

Published May 24, 2016

Reviews

[Alice Wardle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didn't really feel like an introduction. David Linden's discourse was like he was telling me stuff I already knew, that it was just revision and not new information. He assumed some precursory knowledge on physics and how this related to how neuroimaging devices such as MRI works. I did not have much precursory knowledge, thus struggled tremendously throughout this book. I wasn't so keen on how short the book was either. It is pretty difficult stuff, so a sub-200 page book won't provide the information it claims to. It focused on psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar, and flew a couple of pieces of information about affective disorders such as anxiety and depression towards the reader. Other than this, there is little to no mention of the personality disorders, a minor mention of autism (there is LOADS more research about the structural imaging of autism than is mentioned), one (I believe) mention of OCD, let alone detailed explanations or descriptions on addiction, eating disorders, PTSD, sleep disorders, DID, and more. Perhaps I was naive to think that I could read a 200-page book with such a title and think I'd get detailed introductory information.

Nevertheless, if you have some knowledge of psychiatry and neuroimaging, this might be a good book to read. But, if I'm being honest, you might just want to go with a much bigger book (even a textbook), which will be an easier yet more comprehensive account.