Book chapters are authored by participants in the International Meeting on Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Implications for Etiopathogenesis and Treatment, held in Mojacar (Almeria) Spain from 14-18 October 2009. Chapters are organized into four sections on themes encompassed by Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Clinical Staging in the Pathophysiology of Psychotic and Affective Disorders, Staging Perspectives in Neurodevelopmental Aspects of Neuropsychiatry, Epigenetics and Biomarkers in the Staging of Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and Staging Neurodegenerative Disorders. This volume should serve as a resource for physicians and neuroscientists alike, highlighting the importance of staging neuropsychiatric disorders and the underlying mechanistic dysfunction, for prevention and treatment strategies at different stages of disease progression. Earlier volumes in the series, published by the Fundacion Cerebro y Mente in Madrid, Spain: Depressive, Anxiety and Drug Abuse Disorders Eds: T. Palomo and T. Archer Schizophrenia, Movement Disorders and Age Related Cognitive Disorders Eds.: T. Palomo, T. Archer and R.J. Beninger Dopamine Disease States Eds.: R.J. Beninger, T. Palomo and T. Archer Interactive Monoaminergic Disorders Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger and T. Archer Neurodegenerative Brain Disorders Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger and T. Archer Neurodevelopmental Liabilities in Brain Disease States Eds.: R.J. Beninger, T. Palomo, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer Gene-Environment Interplay in Brain Disease States Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer Implications of CoMorbidity for Etiology and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer Beyond Neuropsychiatric Diagnostics: Symptoms not Disorders Eds.: T. Palomo, R.J. Beninger, R.M. Kostrzewa and T. Archer

Book chapters are authored by participants in the International Meeting on "Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Implications for Etiopathogenesis and Treatment," held in Mojacar (Almeria) Spain from 14-18 October 2009. Chapters are organized into four sections on themes encompassed by Staging Neuropsychiatric Disorders: 1) Clinical Staging in the Pathophysiology of Psychotic and Affective Disorders, 2) Staging Perspectives in Neurodevelopmental Aspects of Neuropsychiatry, 3) Epigenetics and Biomarkers in the Staging of Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and 4) Staging Neurodegenerative Disorders. This volume should serve as a resource for physicians and neuroscientists alike, highlighting the importance of staging neuropsychiatric disorders and the underlying mechanistic dysfunction, for prevention and treatment strategies at different stages of disease progression."

Since its discovery in the 1960s, a vast and wide-ranging body of research has accumulated about the dopaminergic system. Life's Rewards: Linking Dopamine, Incentive Learning, Schizophrenia, and the Mind offers a broad synthesis of our current understanding of this chemical, addressing, amongst others, its intricate relationship with learning and memory, psychopathology, social co-operation, and drug abuse. Aimed at students and researchers in neuroscience and psychology, Life's Rewards: Linking Dopamine, Incentive Learning, Schizophrenia, and the Mind is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between dopamine and reward-related incentive learning.