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A magnificent examination of the clinical interface between the mind and the brain. Neuropsychiatry has a distinguished history, yet its ideals and principles fell out of fashion in the early twentieth century as neurology and psychiatry diverged into separate disciplines. Later, neuropsychiatry reemerged as the two disciplines moved closer again, accelerated by advances in neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and drugs that alter the functioning of the central nervous system. But as neuropsychiatrist Michael R. Trimble explains in The Intentional Brain , the new neuropsychiatry has its own identity and is more than simply a borderland between two disparate clinical disciplines. Looking at neuropsychiatry in the context of major cultural and artistic achievements, Trimble explores changing views of the human brain and its relation to behavior and cognition over 2,500 years of Western civilization. Beginning with the early Greek physicians and moving through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, the romantic era, the World Wars, and up to the present day, he explores understandings about the brains integral role in determining movement, motivation, and mood. Persuasively arguing that storyte

Author

Michael R. Trimble, MD

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421419503

Subjects

History, Medical, Science

Rating

3.33 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13