Precision Psychiatry: Using Neuroscience Insights to Inform Personally Tailored, Measurement-Based Care

Psychiatry is dedicated to understanding mental disorders and helping people live fulfilling lives. Precision psychiatry, as outlined in this book, presents a new path forward by integrating findings from basic and clinical neuroscience, clinical practice, and population-level data to develop therapeutic approaches tailored for specific individuals. It emphasizes the push to develop biomarkers and algorithms that will identify subtypes of patients that may be underserved by conventional therapies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2021
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Psychiatry is a field dedicated to comprehending mental disorders and assisting individuals who are grappling with them in leading fulfilling lives. While current treatment modalities have demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in improving patients' quality of life and alleviating the burden of symptoms for disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder, identifying the most suitable treatment for an individual can be a challenging and arduous journey, during which symptoms may exacerbate the risks associated with other health conditions.

Precision psychiatry, as presented in this groundbreaking book, offers a new direction forward. By integrating findings from basic and clinical neuroscience, clinical practice, and population-level data, the field aims to develop therapeutic approaches tailored to specific individuals with a particular constellation of health issues, characteristics, strengths, and symptoms. This guide harnesses the expertise of more than three dozen contributors from diverse areas of interest, including neuroimaging, electrophysiology, neurocognition, behavioral science, machine learning, and pharmacotherapy, to examine the current state of precision medicine in psychiatry and explore future areas of advancement.

Numerous case examples illustrate and apply the principles of precision psychiatry to mood and anxiety disorders, as well as schizophrenia, in adult patients, emphasizing the push to develop biomarkers and algorithms that will identify subtypes of patients that may be underserved by conventional therapies.

In these pages, educators, trainees, and clinicians will find the latest research in precise classification, treatment planning, and early identification across a spectrum of psychiatric disorders—and the foundation for a future where one-size-fits-all treatments are replaced by modalities tailored to individual needs.

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 154 x 231 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781615371587