Neurosurgical Management of Psychiatric Disorders, Part A

1. A Comparative History of Psychosurgery
Boleslav L. Lichterman, Michael Schulder, Baobin Liu, Xinyu Yang, Takaomi Taira (Moscow, Russian Federation; Lake Success, NY, USA; Tianjin, China; and Tokyo, Japan)

2. Modern Neurosurgical Techniques for Psychiatric Disorders
Antonio De Salles, Luan Lucena, Thiago Paranhos, Maria Alice Ferragut, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Alessandra Gorgulho (Los Angeles, CA, USA, and São Paulo, Campinas, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

3. Role of Neuromodulation with Deep Brain Stimulation in Management of Psychiatric Disorders
Giuseppe Messina, Ignazio G. Vetrano, Giulio Bonomo, Giovanni Broggi (Milan and Ravenna, Italy)

4. Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression: An Update on Mechanism of Action and Clinical Use
Peter Theiss, Konstantin V. Slavin (Chicago, IL, USA)

5. Tailored Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression and Addictions
Daniel Levi, Sonia Vignati, Elisabetta Guida, Angelo Oliva, Stefano Oliva, Pietro Cecconi, Giorgio Bianchi, Alberto Sironi, Angelo Corso, Giovanni Broggi (Como Province and Milan, Italy)

6. Recent Advances in Understanding Depressive Disorder: Possible Relevance to Brain Stimulation Therapies
Hiroshi Kunugi, Maria A. Tikhonova (Tokyo, Japan, and Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)

7. Neuroimaging of Psychiatric Disorders
Christian Iorio-Morin, Can Sarica, Gavin J. B. Elias, Irene Harmsen, and Mojgan Hodaie (Sherbrooke, Québec, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

8. Modern Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Management of Psychiatric Disorders
Roberto Martínez-Álvarez, Cristina Torres Díaz (Madrid, Spain)

9. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Ryan B. Kochanski, Konstantin V. Slavin (San Antonio, TX, and Chicago, IL, USA)

10. LINAC-based Radiosurgery for Functional and Psychiatric Disorders: Problems and Their Solutions
Valery V. Kostjuchenko, Andrey V. Golanov (Moscow, Russian Federation)

11. The Future Perspectives of Psychiatric Neurosurgery
Ryan B. Kochanski, Konstantin V. Slavin (San Antonio, TX, and Chicago, IL, USA)