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New insights into how investigating animal behavior can help address issues in
human mental health
Most clinical observations and psychopathological symptoms in humans can be linked
to basic neurobiological, experimental, behavioral, and interventional observations in
animals. Some psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits seem identical in mice and
men (e.g., depression, anxiety, addiction), while others have been indirectly studied by
biological endophenotypical traits (schizophrenia, dementia, autism). The present
volume aims to highlight the role of animal behavior in neurobiological and psychological
basic research, in behavioral models of psychiatric disorders, and in approaches
to the treatment of psychiatric patients.

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