The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 191: 192-194. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037077
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EDITORIALS

Affective neuroscience and psychiatry

Neil A. Harrison, MRCP, MRCPsych

UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London

Hugo D. Critchley, DPhil, MRCPsych

Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex Campus, Brighton, UK

Correspondence: Professor Hugo Critchley, Department of Psychiatry, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Univeristy of Sussex Campus, Falmer, Brighton BN1 3AR, UK. Email: h.critchley{at}bsms.ac.uk

Declaration of interest None.

Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

Affective neuroscience addresses the brain mechanisms underlying emotional behaviour. In psychiatry, affective neuroscience finds application not only in understanding the neurobiology of mood disorders, but also by providing a framework for understanding the neural control of interpersonal and social behaviour and processes that underlie psychopathology. By providing a coherent conceptual framework, affective neuroscience is increasingly able to provide a mechanistic explanatory understanding of current therapies and is driving the development of novel therapeutic approaches.


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