Volume 36 · Number 4
APRIL 2006
The Neurobiology of Psychotherapy
By
The organizational hierarchy of the brain can be compared to a set of matryoshka, or nested Russian figures, each fitted precisely inside the other and hiding what awaits inside. As each figure is uncovered, it invites further discovery until, at the very center, the smallest is revealed.
ABOUT THE GUEST EDITORS
Bernard D. Beitman, MD, is professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri – Columbia. He is the author of the award winning Learning Psychotherapy, now in its second edition, The Structure of Individual, and Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy, and co-editor of Self-Awareness Deficits in Psychiatric Patients.
George I. Viamontes, MD, PhD, is regional medical director, United Behavioral Health Inc., St. Louis, MO, and assistant clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri – Columbia. Dr. Viamontes was born in Cuba and came to the United States at age 11. He has a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, and a PhD in biology from Washington University, St. Louis. After he received his doctorate, he completed a fellowship in immunogenetics at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York, NY. He later obtained his medical degree from St. Louis University, where he also completed his residency in psychiatry.
Dr. Viamontes is currently preparing an illustrated book on the neurobiology of the self, to be published next year. His research interests include neural network predictive modeling for the identification of high-risk patients.
At Last! Evidence-based Conceptualization Integrating Mind and Brain
Jan Fawcett, MD
Neural Substrates of Psychotherapeutic Change Part I: The Default Brain
George I. Viamontes, MD, PhD;
Bernard D. Beitman, MD
Neural Substrates of Psychotherapeutic Change Part II: Beyond Default Mode
George I. Viamontes, MD, PhD;
Bernard D. Beitman, MD
An Interpersonal Neurobiology Approach to Psychotherapy
Daniel J. Siegel, MD
Defining Neurocircuits in Depression
Helen S. Mayberg, MD
Toward a Neural Circuitry of Engagement, Self-Awareness, and Pattern Search
Bernard D. Beitman, MD;
George I. Viamontes, MD, PhD;
Angela M. Soth, MA;
Jessica Nittler, MD
A Neuroscience Perspective on Transference
Glen O. Gabbard, MD
Foregrounding Language
Shane Bradley, MD, MA
