Biomarkers and Mental Illness

Part I. A Brief History of Biomarkers and Mental Illness

1. Psychiatric Disorders as “Whole Body” Diseases
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2. Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Time for a Paradigm Change?
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3. The Importance of Biomarkers: The Required Tools of the Trade
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Part II. Psychiatric Diseases

4. Schizophrenia and the Mind–Body Connection
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5. Progress for Better Treatment of Depression
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6. The Special Case of Bipolar Disorder
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7. The Worrying Case of Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders
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8. The Autism Spectrum Conditions and the Extreme Male Brain Syndrome
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9. Gender and Psychiatric Disorders
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Part III. Neurodegenerative Disorders

10. Biomarkers and New Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
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11. Parkinson’s Disease, Biomarkers and Beyond
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Part IV. The Future

12. The Future: Towards Personalized Medicine
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Keywords: Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, Psychiatry