BRAVE NEW BRAIN --- CONQUERING MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE ERA OF THE GENOME
by Nancy C. Andreasen. Oxford Universtiy Press, 2001
    PREFACE (pix-xii)

    PART 1--- BROKEN BRAINS AND TROUBLED MINDS (p1-37)

      [1] Brave new brain --- confronting the burden of mental illness (p3-8)

      [2] A waking nightmare --- mental illness and ordinary people (p9-24)

      [3] Broken brains, troubled minds --- being blinded by false dichotomies (p25-37)

    PART 2 --- MIND MEETS MOLECULE (p39-86)

      [4] The brain --- the mind's dynamic orchestra (p41-86)

      [5] Mapping the Genome --- the blueprint of life and death (p87-129)

      [6] Mapping the mind --- using neuroimaging to observe how the brain thinks (p130-160)(

    PART 3 --- THE BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS (p161-314)

      [7] Understanding what mental illnesses are --- the past is prologue to progress (p163-185)

      [8] Schizophrenia --- a mind divided (p186-214)

      [9] Mood disorders --- riding the emotional roller coaster (p215-252)

      [10] Dementias --- a death in life (p253-277)

      [11] Anxiety disorders --- the stress regulator goes wild (p278-313)

    PART 4 --- BRAVE NEW BRAIN (p315-344)

      [12] "O Brave New World" --- conqueering mental illness in the era of the genome (p317-344)

        (1) Waging war on mental illnesses --- what does the future hold? (p318-219)

        (2) Defining the target --- using guidance from "maps of the brain" terrain (p319)

          Tabel 12-1 = Defining the Target:
          The multiple levels of mind/brain (p319)

        (3) Finding the genes --- the long march to finding their functions (p322-323)

        (4) Genetic fingerprinting --- the ultimate identity card (p324-326)

        (5) The race to create newer and better drugs (p326-329)

          Tabel 12-2 = Steps in Drug Development:
          Four Phases (p327)

        (6) Replacing damage control with preemptive strikes --- early intervention and prevention (p329-331)

        (7) Changing minds --- basing therapeutic strategies on brain plasticity (p331-332)

        (8) A blessing and not a curse to mankind (p332-333)

        (9) Genetic testing --- will we know too much? (p333-335)

        (10) Genetic engineering --- will we change too much? (p335-336)

        (11) Genetic Determinism --- will we lose our sense os autonomy? (p336)

        (12) Medicating the mind --- humane treatment, cosmetic surgery, or self-indulgence? (p336-338)

        (13) Will the growth of biomedical technology dehumanize psychiatry? (p338-341)

        (14) If the mind is the brain, where is the soul or sense of "SELF"? (p341-342)

        (15) The role of psychiatry --- curing people or curing society? (342-344)

    REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS (p345-353)

    INDEX (p355-368)

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