1st Edition

Animal Models for Psychiatry

By J. D. Keehn Copyright 1986
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1986, in this work Professor Keehn assesses the contributions of experimental psychology and ethology to psychiatric theory and practice at the time. He discusses the status of animals in psychopathology, and describes a number of animal clinical pictures, covering both abnormal movements and convulsions, and spontaneous behavioural disorders. He also includes animal... Read more

Preface.  Part 1: Domains of Biological Psychiatry  1. Psychopathology: The Status of Animals  2. Animal Experiments and Animal Welfare  Part 2: Animal Clinical Pictures  3. Abnormal Movements and Convulsions  4. Behavioural Anomalies and Misdemeanours  Part 3: Animal Models of Disease Entities  5. Experimental Neurosis and Psychophysiological Disorders  6. Animals and Addictions  7. True and Model Psychosis  8. Disorders of Childhood  9. Summary and Conclusions.  References.  Subject Index.  Name Index.

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J. D. Keehn