Landmark Papers in Psychiatry

Landmark Papers in Psychiatry traces the evolution of psychiatry as a scientific discipline. By summarizing over 100 watershed psychiatric papers this text gives historical context to the research trajectory of psychiatry. I. Foundational Topics; 1 Awais Aftab and John G. Csernansky: Diagnosis and conceptualization of mental illness; 2 Elizabeth Ryznar and Harvey Whiteford: Epidemiology; II. Pathogenesis; 3 Elizabeth Ryznar and Herbert Y. Meltzer: The neurochemical basis of psychiatric disorders; 4 Edwin H. Cook Jr. and Marina Bayeva: Genetics; 5 Ozan Toy, Emmalee Boyle, and Lynn E. DeLisi: Inflammatory mechanisms, the immune system and psychiatric illness; 6 Shaun M. Eack: Psychological and social factors; III. Pharmacotherapy; 7 David. V. Braitman and Juan. R. Bustillo: Schizophrenia; 8 Jair C. Soares, Marsal Sanches, and Rodrigo Machado-Vieira: Pharmacotherapy of mood disorders; 9 Dan J. Stein: Pharmacotherapy of anxiety and related disorders; 10 Jenni E. Farrow, Francisco Romo-Nava, and Melissa Delbello: Child and adolescent psychiatry; IV. Psychosocial interventions; 11 Kevin S. McCarthy and Richard F. Summers: Psychodynamic therapy; 12 Keith S. Dobson: Cognitive behavioral therapy; 13 Amanda A. Uliaszek, Nadia Al-Dajani, Amanda Ferguson, and Zindel V. Segal: Third wave psychotherapies; 14 Mariam Ujeyl and Wulf Rossler: Psychosocial rehabilitation; 15 Neil Jordan: Social and community psychiatry; 16 Mark R. Dadds, Yixin Jiang, Valsamma Eapen, and Stephen Scott: Child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology; VI. Somatic Treatments; 17 Keith G. Rasmussen: Electroconvulsive therapy; 18 Kevin A. Caulfield and Mark S. George: Non-convulsive brain stimulation; 19 Paul E. Holtzheimer and Helen Mayberg: Subcallosal cingulate deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression; VII. Special Considerations; 20 Rachel E. Zettl and John Z. Sadler: Psychiatric ethics; 21 Stephen H. Dinwiddie: Forensics; 22 Danuta Wasserman, Marcus Sokolowski, and Carli Vladimir: Suicide; 23 Robert D. Gibbons: Research methodology