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Phenomenology of Coarse Brain Disease

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Two previous chapters on the phenomenology of coarse brain disease are briefly reviewed and important organizing principles are delineated. The central focus of the chapter is on traumatic brain injuries and cerebrovascular accidents. Historically germane dichotomies are discussed (organic/functional; mind/body distinctions) together with the notion of “specific etiology.” Certain topics from the earlier chapters are updated; neuroimaging and war-related brain injuries are added.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School Medicine, 420 Delaware Street, SE Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

    S. Hossein Fatemi PhD

  2. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA

    Paula J. Clayton MD (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Meller, W., Sheehan, W., Thurber, S. (2008). Phenomenology of Coarse Brain Disease. In: Fatemi, S.H., Clayton, P.J. (eds) The Medical Basis of Psychiatry. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-252-6_26

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