Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update Bridging the Divide

The intention of this unique title is to bridge the gap between psychiatry and neuroscience, allowing a fruitful dialogue between both sciences.  Recognizing that psychiatry has received important contributions from the basic neurosciences, and that

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Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update Bridging the Divide

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Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update

Pascual Ángel Gargiulo Humberto Luis Mesones-Arroyo Editors

Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update Bridging the Divide

Editors Pascual Ángel Gargiulo, PhD Specialist in Psychiatry Professor of Psychopathology Catholic University of Argentina Head, Laboratory of Neurosciences and Experimental Psychology National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) Professor of Pharmacology National University of Cuyo Mendoza, Argentina

Humberto Luis Mesones-Arroyo, MD, DPM Psychiatrist by University Complutense of Madrid and University of Buenos Aires Former Director of National Institute of Mental Health (Argentina) Member of the Council of the Institute of Neurobiology (Buenos Aires) Member of the Board of Certification, National Academy of Medicine (Argentina) Buenos Aires, Argentina

ISBN 978-3-319-17102-9 ISBN 978-3-319-17103-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-17103-6

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This book is dedicated Prof. Dr. Enrike Gutiérrez-Argandoña who recently passed away. He was an outstanding researcher, a great friend, a truly heroic academic achiever, who was truly dedicated to his mission until his last days. He has been an example of hard work and dedication to the transcendent task of teaching and research all his life, and particularly his final days.

Foreword

The advance of neurosciences has challenged psychiatric paradigms and stressed the need for interrelationship and multidisciplinary dialogue. In this endeavour, Springer has pioneered the publishing of a monograph with papers presented at the 3rd International Congress of Neuropsychiatry held in 2000