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 REINTERPRETATION Chapter 2: CONNECTIONS OF THE PARIETAL LOBE Chapter 3: IDEA OF A NEW ANATOMY OF THE THALAMUS Chapter 4: THE GLIA-NEURONAL INTERACTION: SOME OBSERVATIONS Chapter 5: RECEPTOR CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDUCTION VELOCITIES IN BLADDER AFFERENTS Chapter 6: THE CELLULAR BASIS OF BEHAVIOR IN APLYSIA Chapter 7: THE VESTIBULAR NUCLEI AND SPINAL MOTOR ACTIVITY Chapter 8: IS PAIN A SPECIFIC SENSATION? Chapter 9: RESPONSES OF PHOTORECEPTORS Chapter 10: SPECIFICITY OF RESPONSES OF CELLS IN THE VISUAL CORTEX Chapter 11: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISUAL AND PERCEPTUAL ACTIVITY Chapter 12: A RE-EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT OF "NON-SPECIFICITY" IN STRESS THEORY Chapter 13: CHANNELING OF RESPONSES ELICITED BY HYPOTHALAMIC STIMULATION Chapter 14: NEUROCHEMISTRY OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ETIOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Chapter 15: EMOTION REVISITED Chapter 16: AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF CHIMPANZEES AND BABOONS IN NATURAL HABITATS Chapter 17: QUANTITATIVE HEDONISM Chapter 18: THE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF APHASIA Chapter 19: SHORT-TERM STORAGE AND LONG-TERM STORAGE IN RECALL Chapter 20: LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF AMNESIA AND CONFABULATION Chapter 21: THE NEW BIOLOGY OF SLEEP Chapter 22: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR RESEARCH IN PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE Chapter 23: MILITARY PSYCHIATRY AND CHANGING SYSTEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE Chapter 24: APPLICATIONS OF THE MILITARY MEDICAL MODEL TO CIVILIAN PSYCHIATRY Chapter 25: OCCUPATIONAL SOCIALIZATION IN THE PROFESSIONS: THE CASE OF ROLE INNOVATION Chapter 26: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES IN TRAINING FOR RESEARCH IN PSYCHIATRY INDEX