Contemporary neurobehavioral syndromes
During the twentieth century, new neurobehavioral diseases appeared or were described for the first time. Exposure to certain toxins or noxious environments, for example, produced illnesses that did not exist before the twentieth century. In addition, established illnesses were reconceptualized with...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Psychology Press
2011.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798315706719 |
Sumario: | During the twentieth century, new neurobehavioral diseases appeared or were described for the first time. Exposure to certain toxins or noxious environments, for example, produced illnesses that did not exist before the twentieth century. In addition, established illnesses were reconceptualized with regard to their cause or neurobiological basis. Autism, for instance, was described for the first time during the twentieth century and may not have existed previously. Its cause was subsequently reconceptualized from a disorder related to inadequate parenting, to a brain disorder with possible |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781136816833 9781283104166 9786613104168 9781136816840 9780203829653 |