Environments as Therapy for Brain Dysfunction

by Roger Walsh (Editor)

The Influence of Experience on Recovery Following Brain Damage in Hypotheses Based on Developmental Research.- Malnutrition and Early Environmental Possible Interactive Effects on Later behavior.- Environmental Therapy in Hypothyroid and Other Disadvantaged Animal Populations.- The Effects of Total Social Isolation Rearing on Behavior of Rhesus and Pigtail Macaques.- Environments of The Relevance of Primate Animal Models.- Neural Responses to Therapeutic Environments.- Environmental Programming to Foster Competence and Prevent Mental Retardation in Infancy.- The Influence of Severe Malnutrition in Infancy on the Intelligence of Children at School An Ecological Perspective.- Caregiver-Infant Interaction as a Focus for Therapeutic Intervention with Human Infants.- Determination and Prevention of Infant Brain Sensory and Nonsensory Factors.- Some Methodological Considerations in the Study of Abnormal Conditions.- Summary and Afterthoughts.

376 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Dr. Roger N. Walsh, MD, Ph.D., is an Australian professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, within UCI's College of Medicine. Walsh is respected for his views on psychoactive drugs and altered states of consciousness in relation with the religious/spiritual experience, and has been quoted in the media regarding psychology, spirituality, and the medical effects of meditation.