Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Practice

Dive into the neuroscientific foundations of psychiatric practice with the “Textbook of Neuroscience for Psychiatrists” — essential reading for psychiatry residents, practising psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, and mental health researchers who want to understand the neural circuit mechanisms underlying the conditions they treat and the pharmacological interventions they use.

Modern psychiatry is increasingly informed by neuroscience — by our growing understanding of the circuit-level dysfunction underlying mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety, addiction, and neurodevelopmental conditions — and this textbook brings that science together in a clinically oriented academic format. Coverage spans the fundamental neuroscience of synaptic transmission and receptor pharmacology, the neural circuits implicated in depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, OCD, and addiction, the neuroscience of psychopharmacological agents and how they act on those circuits, and the emerging evidence base for neuromodulation therapies including TMS, ECT, and deep brain stimulation. Each chapter is written to bridge the gap between bench science and clinical application, making the neuroscience relevant to the practical decisions psychiatrists face in diagnosis and treatment planning.

Whether you are a psychiatry resident building foundational neuroscience knowledge, a practising psychiatrist wanting to deepen your mechanistic understanding of the conditions you treat, a neuropsychiatrist working at the interface of neurology and psychiatry, or a researcher investigating the neural basis of mental disorder, this textbook provides the academic depth and clinical relevance that the field demands.