Animal Models in Human Psychobiology

In March, 1974, an International Symposium was held at the Harmonie Club in New York to discuss a highly pertinent problem in today's research: the "Rele­ vance of the Animal Psychopathological Model to the Human." This meeting was sponsored by the Kittay Foundation, which brought tog...

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Other Authors: Serban, George (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1976, 1976
Edition:1st ed. 1976
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • New Perspectives in Psychiatry: Relevance of the Psychopathological Animal Model to the Human
  • I. Instinctual and Environmental Learning
  • Factors Affecting Responses to Social Separation in Rhesus Monkeys
  • Human Personality Development in an Ethological Light
  • Discussion of Suomi and Bowlby Chapters
  • Prenatal and Postnatal Factors in Gender Identity
  • Workshop I (Moderated by Harry F. Harlow)
  • II. Conflict of Adaptation to Changed or Induced Environmental Conditions
  • Phylogenetic and Cultural Adaptation in Human Behavior
  • Unpredictability in the Etiology of Behavioral Deviations
  • Animal Models of Violence and Hyperkinesis: Interaction of Psychopharmacologic and Psychosocial Therapy in Behavior Modification
  • Coping Behavior and Neurochemical Changes in Rats: An Alternative Explanation for the Original “Learned Helplessness” Experiments
  • Discussion
  • Workshop II (Moderated by Howard F. Hunt)
  • III. Neurophysiological Experimental Modification of the Animal Model as Applied to Man
  • The Use of Differences and Similarities in Comparative Psychopathology
  • Animal Models for Brain Research
  • Drug Effects on Foot-Shock-Induced Agitation in Mice
  • Indole Hallucinogens as Animal Models of Schizophrenia
  • Discussion
  • Animal Models for Human Psychopathology: Observations from the Vantage Point of Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • Workshop III (Moderated by Ronald D. Myers)
  • Concluding Remarks
  • The Significance of Ethology for Psychiatry
  • Index of Names