This volume provides information about brain function and its chemical foundations as applied to mental health, for psychologists and other mental health professionals. It outlines the history of the current system of categorizing distress in psychiatry; brain physiology, including brain circuits related to anxiety and depression, emotional or impulse regulation, and motivated behaviors, as well as how hormones, neurotransmitters, and the immune system can influence behavior; psychopharmacology and drugs used to help with distress; depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, and addictions in adults, and bipolar disorder, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder in children, with information on the physiology of each and the efficacy and side effects of different treatments; and the physiology of health and resilience. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)