Neurobiology of psychiatric disorders
Neurobiologically spoken, the supstrate of the mind is formed by neuronal networks, and dysregulated neurocircuitry can cause psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric disorders are diagnosed by symptom clusters that are the result of abnormal brain tissue, and/or activity in specialized areas of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociological Scientific Society of Serbia
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Sociologija |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0038-0318/2015/0038-03181502274D.pdf |
| Summary: | Neurobiologically spoken, the supstrate of the mind is formed by neuronal
networks, and dysregulated neurocircuitry can cause psychiatric disorders.
Psychiatric disorders are diagnosed by symptom clusters that are the result
of abnormal brain tissue, and/or activity in specialized areas of the brain.
Dysregulated circuitry results from abnormal neural function, or abnormal
neural connections from one brain area to another, which leads to
neurotransmitter imbalances. Each psychiatric disorder has uniquely
dysregulated circuitry and thereby unique neurotransmitter imbalance, such
as: prefrontal cortical-limbic pathways in depression or prefrontal
cortical-striatal pathways in schizophrenia ie.
serotonin-norepinephrin-dopamin imbalance in depression, or dopamine
hyperactivity in schizophrenia. Biological psychiatry has completely changed
the farmacological treatment of psychiatric disorders, and new foundings in
that field are supportive to futher more neuropsychopharmacological and
nonpharmacological therapy studies, whish has as a result more safe and
effective therapy for psychiatric disorders. |
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| ISSN: | 0038-0318 2406-0712 |