Biological Psychiatry
Subfield
Description: approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system
Alternate name biopsychiatry
Topics (children) Tryptophan and brain disorders
Related subfields (siblings) Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems +2 more
Field (parent): Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Works count: 50,380
Citations count: 1,252,000
Molecular Mechanisms of Depression: Perspectives on New Treatment Strategies
2013 · Undine E. Lang, Stefan Borgwardt · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain
2007 · Robert Dantzer, Jason C. O’Connor, et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience
A Meta-Analysis of Cytokines in Major Depression
2009 · Yekta Dowlati, Nathan Herrmann, et al. · Biological Psychiatry