TY - JOUR PY - 2007// TI - Affective neuroscience and psychiatry JO - British journal of psychiatry A1 - Harrison, Neil A. A1 - Critchley, Hugo D. SP - 192 EP - 194 VL - 191 IS - N2 - 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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LA - en SN - 0007-1250 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037077 ID - ref1 ER -