MRI in Psychiatry

Methods: MR signal generation.- fMRI.- EEG-fMRI.- DTI.- MR Spectroscopy.- Imaging Genetics.-Brain Stimulation and Imaging.- Systems: Perception.- Emotion.- Cognition.-Reward.- Disorders: Schizophrenia.- Dementia.- Anxiety disorders.- Depression.- Bipolar disorder.- Personality disorders.- Drug addiction.

Professor Christoph Mulert is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy and Head of Neuroimaging Research at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. He was previously Head of the Functional Imaging Department at the Psychiatric University Clinic, Munich and Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. He has been the recipient of various awards from important medical societies, including the International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP), the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) and the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN). Prof. Mulert is the author of more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as many book chapters and serves as editor for several scientific journals in the field of psychiatry, neuroscience and neuroimaging.

Dr. Martha Shenton is Professor and Director of the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is also a Health Scientist at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She has more than 25 years experience in applying neuroimaging techniques  understand the role of brain abnormalities in clinical populations.