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We have collated the 'key reading' references from our modules into one list on this page.

Each module contains 1-3 items of 'key reading' – journal articles, websites, book chapters – to assist your
revision for the MRCPsych examinations in combination with the content of the module.

The 'key reading' is identified by our module authors.

A brief introduction to the history of psychiatry

Brodie R (2015) Mary Ainsworth and Attachment Theory. Child Development Media (CDM) website. [full
article and video]

Burns T (2006) Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction, ch.2. Oxford University Press.

Cowen P, Harrison P, Burns T (2012) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (6th edn), ch. 21. Oxford
University Press.

Porter R (2002) Madness: A Brief History. Oxford University Press. [Google books]

Pridmore S (2004) Madness of Psychiatry: For the general reader. Special publication of the German Journal
of Psychiatry. [PDF]

Thompson C (ed) (1987) The Origins of Modern Psychiatry. John Wiley and Sons Publications.

Adolescence and sexual development

Lewis M (2003) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook (3rd edn), pp. 203–207, 263–
272, 274–284, 332–341. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Sadock B, Sadock V, Ruiz P (2009) Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, pp. 2034,
2074–2076, 3356–3365. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

A social history of mental health institutions

Cowen P, Harrison P (2012) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, ch. 21. Oxford University Press.

Rogers A, Pilgrim D (2005) A sociology of mental health and illness. Open University Press.

Aggression

Bandura A, Ross D, Ross SA (1961) Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models.
Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63: 575–582. [full text]

Eastman N, Adshead G, Fox S, et al (2012) Forensic Psychiatry (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Psychiatry),
ch.2. Oxford University Press.

Huesmann LR, Moise-Titus J, Podolski CL, et al (2003) Longitudinal relations between children’s exposure to
TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977–1992. Developmental
Psychology, 39: 201–221. [PDF]

Altruism
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Cook K, Rice E (2006) Social Exchange Theory. In Handbook of Social Psychology (ed J Delamater), pp. 53–
76. Springer.

Scott N, Seglow J (2007) Altruism. Open University Press.

Attention and information processing

Armstrong T, Olatunji BO (2009) What they see is what you get: eye tracking of attention in the anxiety
disorders. American Psychological Association. [full text]

Kent G, Turpin G (1999) Attention and information processing: applications to schizophrenia. In Psychology
for Psychiatrists (eds. D Gupta and R Gupta), ch. 3. John Wiley & Sons.

Posner MI, Petersen SE (1990) The attention system of the human brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience,
13: 25–42. [PDF]

Tryssenaar J, Goldberg J (1994) Improving attention in a person with schizophrenia. Canadian Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 61: 198–205. [PDF]

Attitudes

Bohner G, Dickel N (2011) Attitudes and attitude change. Annual Review of Psychology, 62: 391–417.
[abstract]

Cherry K (2015) Attitudes: attitudes and behavior. About Health. [website]

Gupta DS, Gupta RM (2000) Psychology for Psychiatrists, ch. 19, pp.376–383. John Wiley & Sons.

Martin GN, Carlson NR, Buskist W (2007) Psychology (3rd edn), pp.709–719. Pearson Education.

McLeod S (2014) Attitudes and behavior. Simply Psychology. [website]

Basic principles of criminology and penology

Clark T, Rooprai DS (2011) Practical Forensic Psychiatry, ch. 7, pp. 14–20. CRC Press.

Gelder M, Harrison P, Cowen P (2006) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (5th edn), pp. 729–755. Oxford
University Press.

Joyce P (2012) Criminology: A Complete Introduction (3rd edn). Teach Yourself Press.

Maguire M, Morgan R, Reiner R (2012) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (5th edn). Oxford University
Press.

Puri B, Hall A (2004) Revision Notes in Psychiatry (2nd edn), pp. 132–135, 569–574. Oxford University Press.

Basic genetics

Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al (2008) Molecular Biology of the Cell (5th edn). Garland Science.

Nurnberger Jr JI, Berrettini WH (eds) (2012) Principles of Psychiatric Genetics. Cambridge University Press.

Turnpenny PD, Ellard S (2012) Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics (14th edn). Churchill Livingstone.

Basic principles of visual and auditory perception

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Benson N (2007) Introducing Psychology: a Graphic Guide to Your Mind and Behaviour, pp. 95–101. Icon.

Crossman AR, Neary D (2014) Neuroanatomy: an Illustrated Colour Text (5th edn), pp. 155–160. Churchill
Livingstone.

Gross R (2010) Psychology: the Science of Mind and Behaviour (6th edn), pp. 224–241. Hodder Education.

Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2012) Principles of Neural Science (5th edn), ch. 25–26, 28. McGraw-
Hill Medical.

Waters F, Allen P, Aleman A, et al (2012) Auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia and nonschizophrenia

populations: a review and integrated model of cognitive mechanisms. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38: 683‒693.
[full text]

Chromosomal abnormalities and inherited conditions in psychiatry

Ball D, Collier D (2002) Substance misuse. In Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics (eds P McGuffin, MJ Owen,
II Gottesman), pp. 267–302. Oxford University Press.

Cardno A, McGuffin P (2002) Quantitative genetics. In Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics (eds P McGuffin,
MJ Owen, II Gottesman), pp. 31–53. Oxford University Press.

Jones I, Kent L, Craddock N (2002) Genetics of affective disorders. In Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics
(eds P McGuffin, MJ Owen, II Gottesman), pp. 211–245. Oxford University Press.

Kendler KS, O’Donovan MC (2014) A breakthrough in schizophrenia genetics. JAMA Psychiatry, 71: 1319–
1320. [first page]

Owen MJ, O’Donovan MC, Gottesman II (2002) Schizophrenia. In Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics (eds P
McGuffin, MJ Owen, II Gottesman), pp. 247–266. Oxford University Press.

Read A, Donnai D (2011) New Clinical Genetics (2nd edn), pp. 106–108 (Huntington’s disease), pp. 346–348
(Alzheimer’s disease), pp. 190–195 (Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes), pp. 25–54/ch. 2 (chromosomal
abnormalities), pp. 38–41 (Down’s syndrome), p. 82 (fragile X). Scion Publishing Ltd.

Clinical genetics

Dean K, Murray RM (2005) Environmental risk factors for psychosis. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 7:
69–80. [full text]

Kirov G, Rees E, Walters J (2015) What a psychiatrist needs to know about copy number variants. BJPsych
Advances, 21: 157–163. [summary]

Owen MJ, Sawa A, Mortensen PB (2016) Schizophrenia. The Lancet, 388: 86–97. [summary]

Conceptualising and studying development

Graue EM, Walsh DJ (1998) Studying Children in Context: Theories, Methods, and Ethics. Sage. [abstract]

Isaksen JG (1986) Watching and Wondering: Observing and Recording Child Development. Mayfield.

Lancy DF (2001) Studying Children and Schools: Qualitative Research Traditions. Waveland Press.
[booksprice comparison]

Sternberg RJ (2012) Intelligence. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 14: 19–27. [full text] (a useful summary
of how intelligence has been studied and conceptualised over the years, along with discussion around the
available evidence for both genetic and environment factors in the development of intelligence)
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Turk (2017) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A developmental approach. Oxford University Press.
[booksprice comparison]

Vasta R (1979) Studying Children: An Introduction to Research Methods. WH Freeman. [booksprice

comparison]

Emotion

LeDoux J (1996) The Emotional Brain, pp. 42–64,104–125. Simon & Schuster.

Gross R (2005) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (5th edn), ch. 10, pp.156–169. Hodder
Arnold.

Ethics and philosophy in psychiatry

Gelder M, Harrison P, Cowen P (2006) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (5th edn), pp. 69–79. Oxford
University Press.

Royal College of Psychiatrists (2014) Good Psychiatric Practice: Code of Ethics (CR186). Royal College of
Psychiatrists. [PDF]

Zigmond T (2014) A clinician’s brief guide to the Mental Health Act (3rd edn). RCPsych Publications. [website]

Family life in relation to major mental illness

Kuipers E, Leff J, Lam D (2002) Family Work for Schizophrenia: A Practical Guide (2nd edn), pp. 1–9, 78–
81. Royal College of Psychiatrists.

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) (2014) Psychosis and schizophrenia in adults:
treatment and management (NICE clinical guideline 178). NICE. [full text]

Puri B, Hall A, Ho R (2013) Revision Notes in Psychiatry (3rd edn), pp. 120–121, 360, 369. CRC Press.

Sartorius N, Leff J, López-Ibor JJ, et al (2005) Families and Mental Disorders (1st edn), pp. preface, 1–17,
113–123, 217–229. Wiley.

Family relationships

Bick E (1968) The experience of the skin in early object relations. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 42:
484–6. [abstract]

Birch A, Malim T (1998) Developmental psychology: from infancy to adulthood (Introductory Psychology
Series), ch. 2, pp. 7–12. Palgrave MacMillan.

Bowlby J (1969) The child's tie to his mother. In Attachment and Loss: Vol. 1: Loss, pp. 178–198. Basic
Books.

General principles of clinical psychopharmacology

Preston JD, O’Neal JH, Talaga MC (2013) Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology (7th edn). New
Harbinger Publications.

Schatzberg AF, Cole JO, DeBattista C (2010) Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology (7th edn). American
Psychiatric Publishing.

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Schatzberg AF, Nemeroff CB (2013) Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology (3rd edn). American
Psychiatric Publishing.

Stahl SM (2013) Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (4th edn). Cambridge University Press.

Taylor D, Paton C, Kapur S (2012) The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (11th edn). Wiley-
Blackwell.

Intergroup behaviour

Argyle M (1994) The Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour (5th edn), pp. 166–198. Penguin.

Steg L, Buunk AP, Rothengatter T (2008) Applied Social Psychology: Understanding and Managing Social
Problems, pp. 274–299. Cambridge University Press.

Interpersonal issues

Birtchnell J (1996) How humans relate: A new interpersonal theory. Psychology Press.

Birtchnell J, Newberry M, Kalaitzaki A (2016) Relating Theory: Clinical and Forensic Applications. Palgrave
Macmillan.

Gross R (2010) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior (6th edn), pp. 336–340; 354–363. Hodder
Education.

Hogg MA, Vaughan GM (2010) Social Psychology (6th edn), pp. 80–109. Prentice Hall.

Leone C, Hawkins LB (2006) Self-monitoring and close relationships. Journal of personality, 74: 739–778.
[abstract]

Munafo M (2002) Psychology for the MRCPsych (2nd edn), pp. 69–75. CRC Press.

Learning theory

Gleitman H, Gross J, Reisberg D (2010) Psychology (8th edn), ch.7. Norton.

McCleod, SA (2007) Behaviourist approach. [website]

McCleod, SA (2007) Classical conditioning. [website]

Tantum D, Birchwood M (1994) The Royal College of Psychiatrists Seminar Series: Seminars in Psychology
and the Social Sciences (2nd edn), ch.2. Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Memory

David AS, Fleminger S, Kopelman MD, et al (2012) Lishman’s Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of
Neuropsychiatry (4th edn), Wiley-Blackwell.

Gross R (2010) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (6th edn), pp. 256–274. Hodder Education.

Hodges JR (2007) Cognitive Assessment for Clinicians, pp. 6–21.Oxford University Press.

Thambirajah MS (2005) Psychological Basis of Psychiatry, pp. 157–180. Elsevier.

Motivation: needs and drives

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Gupta DS, Gupta RM (2000) Psychology for Psychiatrists (1st edn), ch. 7: Motivation, ch. 8: Stress and
Emotion. Whurr Publishers.

Johnstone EC, Owens DC (2010) Companion to Psychiatric Studies (8th edn) ch. 2: Functional
Neuroanatomy: Frontosubcortical loops and the limbic system. Churchill Livingstone.

Holt N, Bremner A, Sutherland E, at al (2012) Psychology: the Science of Mind and Behaviour (2nd edn), ch.
9: Motivation. McGraw Hill Higher Education.

Neuroendocrine disorders

David A, Fleminger S, Kopelman M, et al (2009) Lishman’s Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of

Neuropsychiatry (4th edn), ch. 10, pp. 617–651. Wiley-Blackwell.

Moore DP, Puri BK (2012) Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience (3rd edn), pp.
534–542. CRC Press.

Whitehead SA, Miell J (2013) Pituitary gland and thyroid disorders. In Clinical Endocrinology, pp. 49–158; pp.
265–334. Scion Publishing.

Neuropathology: Part 1 – dementia

Gelder M, Harrison P, Cowen P (2012) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (6th edn) ch. 13, pp. 321–334.
Oxford University Press.

Neuropathology: Part 2 – prions and HIV

Nelson M, Dockrell D, Edwards S (2011) British HIV association and British infection association guidelines
for the treatment of opportunistic infection in HIV-seropositive individuals. HIV Medicine, 12: 1–140. [PDF]

Puoti G, Bizzi A, Forloni G, et al (2012) Sporadic human prion diseases: molecular insights and diagnosis.
The Lancet Neurology, 11: 618–628. [abstract]

The National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) (2012) Investigations undertaken in possible
cases of human prion disease. NCJDRSU, University of Edinburgh. [PDF]

Underwood J, Winston A (2016) Guidelines for evaluation and management of cognitive disorders in HIV-
positive individuals. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. [abstract]

Neuroreceptors

Fear C (2004) Essential Revision Notes in Psychiatry for MRCPsych. pp.151‒157. PasTest.

Leung W, Passmore K (2004) Essential Notes in Basic Sciences for the MRCPsych, pp.114‒126. Radcliffe
Publishing Ltd.

McGeown Graham J (2002) Master Medicine: Physiology, pp. 166‒169. Churchill Livingstone.

Neurotransmitters

Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM, et al (2007) Rang and Dale's Pharmacology (7th edn), pp. 62-63, 149 (Figure
12.8), 154-155,175-180, 442-445, 448, 449 (figure 37.1), 456, 463 Elsevier.

Stahl MS (2013) Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology – Neuroscientific basis and practical applications,
(4th edn). pp.74-77, 86-87, 96-98, 142-143, 326-342, 397-399, 522-524. Cambridge University Press.

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Normal ageing

Alzheimer's Society [website]

Alzheimer's Research UK [website]

Glisky E (2007) Brain Aging: Models, Methods, and Mechanisms, ch. 1. [website]

Nicholl C, Wilson KJ (2012) Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine (8th edn). Special features of Medicine in
the Elderly. First three pages of each chapter. Wiley-Blackwell. [Google books]

Woodford H (2010) Essential Geriatrics (2nd edn), pp. 1–20. Radcliff Publishing. [Google books]

Personality

Chamorro-Premuzic T (2007) Personality and individual differences, pp. 1–30. Blackwell Publishing.

Davey G (2008) Psychopathology, pp. 7–15, 30–45. British Psychological Society.

Wright P, Stern J, Phelan M (2005) Core Psychiatry (2nd edn), pp. 55–62, 75–77, 183. Elsevier Saunders.

Pharmacodynamics: Part 1

Anderson I, Reid C (2006) Fundamentals of clinical psychopharmacology (3rd edn). Informa Healthcare.

Arranz MJ, Kapur S (2008) Pharmacogenetics in psychiatry: Are we ready for widespread clinical use?
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 34: 1130–1144. [full text]

Purves D, Augustine G, Fitzpatrick D, et al (2001) Neuroscience (2nd edn), ch. 7–8. Sinauer Associates Inc.

Stahl S (2013) Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications (4th
edn), ch. 1–3. Cambridge University Press.

Pharmacokinetics: Part 1 – introduction

Cowen P, Harrison P, Burns T (2012) Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (6th edn), pp. 507–557. Oxford
University Press.

Taylor D, Paton C, Kapur S (2015) The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry (12th edn), pp. 1–41,
246–252, 276–279, 303–307, 477–607, 625–637, 646–650. Wiley-Blackwell.

Pharmacokinetics: Part 2 – therapeutic drug monitoring

Bauer L (2008) Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics. McGraw-Hill Medical.

Baumann P, Hiemke C, Ulrich S, et al (2004) The AGNP-TDM expert group consensus guidelines: therapeutic
drug monitoring in psychiatry. Pharmacopsychiatry, 37: 243–265. [abstract]

Gross AS (2001) Best practice in therapeutic drug monitoring. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52:
5s–10s. [PDF]

Mitchell PB (2000) Therapeutic drug monitoring of psychotropic medications. British Journal of Clinical
Pharmacology, 49: 303–312. [full article]

Peter L (2016) Pharmacokinetics: Part 1. Trainees Online, Royal College of Psychiatrists. [online module]

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Self-psychology

Marmot M (2003) Self esteem and health. Autonomy, self esteem, and health are linked together. British
Medical Journal, 327: 574–575. [PDF]

Social factors and specific mental health issues

Morgan C, Bhugra D (eds) (2010) Principles of Social Psychiatry (2nd edn). Wiley Blackwell.

Rogers A, Pilgrim D (2014) A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (5th edn). Open University Press.

Social influence: leadership, power, conformity and obedience

Haslam A, Reicher SD, Platow MJ (2011) The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power.
Psychology Press.

Zimbardo P, Milgram S (1974) Obedience to Authority. Tavistock Publications.

States and levels of awareness

Gupta D, Gupta R (2000) Psychology for psychiatrists, ch. 3, 9 & 10. Whurr Publishers.

Reite M, Weissberg M, Ruddy J (2009) Clinical manual for evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders.
American Psychiatric Publishing.

Toates F (2011) Biological Psychology (3rd edn), ch. 19, 20 & 21. Pearson Education.

Stigma and prejudice

Byrne P (2000) Stigma of mental illness and ways of diminishing it. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 6: 65–
72. [full text]

Crisp AH, Gelder MG, Rix S, et al (2000) Stigmatisation of people with mental illnesses. British Journal of
Psychiatry, 177: 4–7. [full text]

gov.uk (2013) Equality Act 2010 Guidance. [website]

Gray AJ (2002) Stigma in psychiatry. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 95: 72–76. [article]

Stress: physiological and psychological aspects

Atkinson RL, Atkinson RC, Smith EE, et al (1999) Hilgard’s introduction to psychology (13th edn), ch.15.
Harcount College Publishers.

Gross RD (2005) Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour (5th edn). Hodder & Stoughton.

Harvard Medical School (2014) Understanding the stress response. Harvard Health Publications. [website]

Sadock BJ, Sadock VA (ed.), Ruiz P (ed.) (2009) Kaplan and Sadock’s comprehensive textbook of
psychiatry (9th revised edn), ch. 14, 24. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

University of Washington (2014) Negative Feedback Regulation of Hormone Release in the Hypothalamic-
Pituitary Axis. University of Washington Courses. [website]

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The anatomy of the basal ganglia

Clark DL, Boutros NN, Mendez MF (2010) The Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral
Neuroanatomy (Cambridge Medicine), ch.6 (pp.94–97) and ch.7 (pp.122–134). Cambridge University
Press.

Cummings JL, Trimble MR (2002) Concise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology (Concise
Guides) (2nd edn), ch. 2. American Psychiatric Press Inc.

Lishman WA (1997) Organic Psychiatry: The Psychological Consequences of Cerebral Disorder (3rd edn),
pp.639–687. Wiley-Blackwell.

The development of language

Boyd D, Bee H (2009) Lifespan Development (5th edn), pp.130–139, 190–193, 250–259. Pearson.

Gupta D, Gupta R (2000) Psychology for Psychiatrists, pp.87–92, 96–103. Whurr Publishers Ltd.

The development of social competence and morals

Baron-Cohen S (2012) Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty and Kindness. Penguin.

Gross R (2010) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (6th edn). Hodder Education.

Gupta DS, Gupta RM (2000) Psychology for Psychiatrists. Whurr Publishing.

The development of temperament

Gross R (2010) Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour (6th edn), ch. 34. Hodder Education.

Thambirajah MS (2004) Psychological basis of psychiatry, ch.12. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

The EEG

Alarcon G, Nashef L, Cross H, et al (2009) Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Neurology, Epilepsy (1st edn), pp.
166–175. Oxford University Press.

Misulis K, Head TC (2003) Essentials of Clinical Neurophysiology (3rd edn). Butterworth-Heinemann.

Scott AIF (2007) Monitoring electroconvulsive therapy by electroencephalogram: an update for ECT
practitioners. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 13: 298–304.

The functional anatomy of the brain

Blumenfeld H (2010) Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases (3rd edn). Palgrave.

Campbell WW (2012) DeJong's The Neurologic Examination (7th edn). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Cummings JL, Mega MS (2003) Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Oxford University Press.

Folstein M, David A, Fleminger S, et al (2012) Lishman's Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry.

Wiley Blackwell.

Schiffer SM, Rao BS, Fogel RB (2003) Neuropsychiatry. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Valerius KP, Duncker HR (2010) Photo-Atlas of Neuroanatomy with DVD Presentation. Quintessence
Publishing Company.

The internal anatomy of the temporal lobe

Crossman AR, Neary D (2014) Neuroanatomy: An Illustrated Colour Text (5th edn), pp. 141–142. Elsevier.

David AS, Fleminger S, Kopelman MD, et al (2012) Lishman’s Organic Psychiatry: A Textbook of
Neuropsychiatry (4th edn). Wiley-Blackwell.

Kiernan JA (2011) Anatomy of the Temporal Lobe. Epilepsy Research and Treatment. [full text]

Rajmohan V, Mohandas E (2007) The limbic system. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 49: 132–139. [full text]

The major neurochemical pathways

Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, et al (2008) Neuroscience (4th edn), ch. 6. Sinauer Associates.

Stahl SM (2013) Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications (4th
edn), pp. 89–96, 102–114, 266, 450–452, 528, 542–543. Cambridge University Press.

The major white matter pathways

Brooks J, Tracey I (2005) From nociception to pain perception: imaging the spinal and supraspinal pathways.
Journal of Anatomy, 207: 19–33. [full text]

Catani M, ffytche DH (2005) The rises and falls of disconnection syndromes. Brain, 128: 2224–2239. [full text]

Catani M, Jones DK, ffytche DH (2004) Perisylvian language networks of the human brain. Annals of
Neurology, 57: 8–16. [full text]

Maheshwari M, Klein A, Ulmer JL (2012) White Matter: Functional Anatomy of Key Tracts. In Functional
Neuroradiology (eds SH Faro, FB Mohamed, M Law), pp. 767–783. Springer.

Wakana S, Jiang H, Nagae-Poetscher LM, et el (2004) Fiber tract-based atlas of human white matter
anatomy. Radiology, 230: 77–87. [full text]

The mental health of ethnic minorities

Berry JW (1997) Immigration, acculturation and adaptation. Applied Psychology: an international review, 46:
5–68. [abstract]

Bhugra D, Cross S (2010) Cultural Psychiatry. In: Psychiatry: An evidence-based text, Puri BK, Treasaden I
(eds). Edward Arnold Ltd.

The neural and endocrine systems

Schiffer SM, Rao BS, Fogel RB (2003) Neuropsychiatry. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Sembulingam K, Sembulingam P (2012) Essentials of Medical Physiology (6th edn), section 10, pp. 803–843.
JAYPEE.

Snell R (2010) Clinical Neuroanatomy (7th edn) ch. 4, 9,10 and 13. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

The physiology of arousal and sleep

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Berry RB (2001) Fundamentals of Sleep Medicine, ch. 1, 3, 6–7, 29. Saunders.

Billiard M (2003) Sleep: Physiology, Investigation, and Medicine, Part 1: The Physiology of Sleep, pp.3–113.
Springer.

Lockley SW, Foster RG (2012) Sleep: A Very Short Introduction, pp. 1–56. Oxford University Press.

Robotham D, Chakkalackal L, Cyhlarova E (2011) Sleep Matters: The impact of sleep on health and
wellbeing, pp. 15–35. Mental Health Foundation. [PDF]

The social role of doctors

Puri B, Treasaden I (2009) Illness in society and the social role of medicine. In: Psychiatry: An evidence-
based text. CRC Press.

Scambler G (ed) (2008) Sociology as applied to medicine (6th edn), ch. 3–4. Saunders.

Schroeder K, Thompson T, Frith K, Pencheon D (2012) Sustainable Healthcare. John Wiley & Sons.

Thought

Gross R (2005) Psychology, ch.18. Hodder Arnold.

Smith E, Nolen-Hoeksema S, Fredrickson B, et al (2003) Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology,

ch. 9. Wadsworth.

Types of cell found within the nervous system

Siegel A, Sapru H (2010) Essential Neuroscience, ch.5. Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).

Young B, Lowe J, Stevens A, et al (2013) Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas, ch.7.
Churchill Livingstone.

Zhang S (1999) An Atlas of Histology, ch.6. Springer.

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