Principles, Practices, and Positions in Neuropsychiatric Research

Principles, Practices and Positions in Neuropsychiatric Research contains the proceedings of a conference held in June 1970 at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., in tribute to Dr. David McKenzie Rioch upon his retirement as Director of the Neuropsychiatry Division of that institute. This book is composed of the original contributions presented at the conference, as well as several invited papers that could not be programmed at the meeting because of certain limitations. Topics covered in some papers focus on anatomy of the thalamus; glia-neuronal interaction; receptor characteristics and conduction velocities in bladder afferents; responses of photoreceptors; and specificity of responses of cells in the visual cortex. This text also discusses the channeling of responses elicited by hypothalamic stimulation; neurochemistry of reward and punishment; behavioral analysis of aphasia; and biology of sleep. The military psychiatry and changing systems of mental health care, as well as psychological issues in training for research in psychiatry are also addressed. The contributions in this book will serve to reflect the remarkable range of bio-social research interest and competence.

Chapter 1: THE PROBLEM OF THE FRONTAL LOBE: A REINTERPRETATIONChapter 2: CONNECTIONS OF THE PARIETAL LOBEChapter 3: IDEA OF A NEW ANATOMY OF THE THALAMUSChapter 4: THE GLIA-NEURONAL INTERACTION: SOME OBSERVATIONSChapter 5: RECEPTOR CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDUCTION VELOCITIES IN BLADDER AFFERENTSChapter 6: THE CELLULAR BASIS OF BEHAVIOR IN APLYSIAChapter 7: THE VESTIBULAR NUCLEI AND SPINAL MOTOR ACTIVITYChapter 8: IS PAIN A SPECIFIC SENSATION?Chapter 9: RESPONSES OF PHOTORECEPTORSChapter 10: SPECIFICITY OF RESPONSES OF CELLS IN THE VISUAL CORTEXChapter 11: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISUAL AND PERCEPTUAL ACTIVITYChapter 12: A RE-EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT OF "NON-SPECIFICITY" IN STRESS THEORYChapter 13: CHANNELING OF RESPONSES ELICITED BY HYPOTHALAMIC STIMULATIONChapter 14: NEUROCHEMISTRY OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ETIOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIAChapter 15: EMOTION REVISITEDChapter 16: AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF CHIMPANZEES AND BABOONS IN NATURAL HABITATSChapter 17: QUANTITATIVE HEDONISMChapter 18: THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF APHASIAChapter 19: SHORT-TERM STORAGE AND LONG-TERM STORAGE IN RECALLChapter 20: LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF AMNESIA AND CONFABULATIONChapter 21: THE NEW BIOLOGY OF SLEEPChapter 22: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR RESEARCH IN PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINEChapter 23: MILITARY PSYCHIATRY AND CHANGING SYSTEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CAREChapter 24: APPLICATIONS OF THE MILITARY MEDICAL MODEL TO CIVILIAN PSYCHIATRYChapter 25: OCCUPATIONAL SOCIALIZATION IN THE PROFESSIONS: THE CASE OF ROLE INNOVATIONChapter 26: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN TRAINING FOR RESEARCH IN PSYCHIATRYINDEX