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The multidisciplinary field of developmental psychobiology
has uncovered new findings in behavioral progressions that have led to
exciting avenues for therapeutic intervention. Developmental
Psychobiology examines typical and atypical behavioral and neural
development, reflecting a broad sampling of this multidisciplinary field in
its five densely informative chapters. Here, ten contributors discuss early
attachment, face processing, reading disability, Tourette's syndrome, and
schizophrenia as a disorder of neurodevelopment—emphasizing three
fundamental topics that are especially relevant to biological and child psychiatry:
• Learning and development and the methods for studying
them—Understanding normal progressions as a dynamic behavioral and
neural process will have a significant impact in determining the biological
substrates of clinical disorders and how we can target effective treatments
and interventions for behaviors such as the waxing and waning of symptoms in
Tourette's syndrome and OCD, eye contact and gaze in autism, word reading in
dyslexia, and working memory in schizophrenia.
• The establishment of
typical and atypical developmental progressions in systems—Both
plasticity and stability are critical in the normal development of
behavioral and neural systems. For example, certain behaviors are
appropriate at one age but inappropriate at other ages, whereas some
clinical disorders may not diminish or change with age and may be viewed
instead as developmental delays or deficiencies.
• The impact of
methodological advances on imaging and genetics in understanding typical
and atypical behavioral and neural development—How have developments
in noninvasive tools for looking into the developing, behaving human
brain—imaging, computational modeling and genetic techniques—helped us to
inform or constrain our understanding of typical and atypical development?
Until now, biological psychiatry has been based on psychopharmacological
work, but now, with imaging and genetic techniques, we can further
characterize the biological mechanisms underlying a disorder.
With chapters that elucidate the newest research in the field, Developmental Psychobiology provides clinicians an abundance of insight that can provide practical help to patients and a richer understanding of the underpinnings of cognitive and emotional disorders.
This little book, part of Volume 23 of the annual Review of Psychiatry. . .does go a long way toward providing an introduction to some interesting aspects of this developmental neurobiology.
— Gavin P. Reynolds, Ph.D.
This book presents examples of how animal studies and models with systematic behavioral observations, genetics, neuroimaging, and other technological advances are integrated to offer greater understanding of normal and abnormal cognitive and behavioral development. It will be of value to anyone working with children who wishes to understand where neurobiology currently stands and where advances can be expected. The book will be especially valuable to anyone who completed training more than 5 years ago.
[Developmental Psychobiology] is a good introduction for the mental health clinician who is interested in a wide array of topics, ranging from maternal-child attachment to facial processing to neurodevelopmental findings in schizophrenia.
B.J. Casey, Ph.D., is Director of the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York, New York.
Contributors
Introduction to the Review of Psychiatry
Series
Introduction
Chapter 1. Developmental psychobiology of early
attachment
Chapter 2. Developmental neurobiology of face
processing
Chapter 3. Developmental psychobiology of reading
disability
Chapter 4. Developmental psychobiology of Gilles de la
Tourette's syndrome
Chapter 5. Schizophrenia and
neurodevelopment
Index