Autism and the Brain

Chapter I. Introduction.- Chapter II. How autistic persons understand words.- Chapter III. How autistic persons perceive the world.- Chapter IV. How autistic persons perceive faces.- Chapter V. How autistic persons act in the world.- Chapter VI. How autistic persons perceive space and spatial relations.- Chapter VII. How autistic persons feel.- Chapter VIII. Autistic persons' sense of self.- Chapter IX. The left-hemispheric self in autism re-visited.- Chapter X. Pieces of autism's puzzle fall into place.

Upon receiving her MD/PhD (1966/1970) from Kursk State Medical Institute, Dr. Glezerman worked as assistant professor in the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics. She then worked at the Moscow Psychiatric Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Health (RSFSR) for fifteen years, first as clinical researcher in the laboratory of psychiatric genetics (1974-1980) and later as head of the neuropsychological section in the Department of Child Psychiatry (1980-1989). After immigrating to the U.S., she completed her residency in psychiatry at Albany Medical College (1993-1997). For the past fifteen years, Dr. Glezerman has served as an attending psychiatrist at Albany Medical Center, attending psychiatrist and clinical associate professor at the New York University School of Medicine, attending psychiatrist and unit chief at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and consulting psychiatrist at Albany Medical Center. She is currently in private practice.

While there is a growing expression of concern in psychiatric journals' editorials over the dramatic simplification of psychopathology that has taken place over the last decades as well as the steady decline in the teaching of psychopathology, and while many psychiatrists today lament the 'lost generation' of psychiatric knowledge and practice in the years following the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM I-IV), Dr. Glezerman was dedicated to teaching residents and medical students comprehensive psychopathology steeped in insights from classical psychiatrists, both in her clinical rounds and didactics. She developed a lecture course where she attempted to integrate insights from the great psychopathologists of the past with our current knowledge in functional neuroanatomy and brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders. For these efforts, Dr. Glezerman received the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Teacher of the Year Award (2005) and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine,

From the reviews: "There is potentially a large audience for this book, including anyone interested in neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurology, neurosciences, neurodevelopment, and pediatrics. ... This is a well-written account of autism from a neuropsychological, neuroscientific, and clinical perspective. The book does a good job of integrating these aspects to give both a neuroanatomic understanding of these patients and a clinical flavor of the behavioral and functional aspects of the disorder that helps to connect the science to the human individual." (Christopher J. Graver, Doody's Review Service, November, 2012)

From the reviews:

"This is a marvellous book, combining the best principles of psychopathology with the latest neuropsychological data, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the enigma of infantile autism." (John Cutting, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 19:2, 184-188, August, 2013)

"Glezerman does an outstanding job of presenting the current state of knowledge of this complex and fascinating disorder. The book is well written and well researched, and it provides a sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis of the neurological correlates of autism. Psychologists, neuropsychologists, and all those interested in the study of autism should find the book very interesting." (Linda C. Caterino, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 58 (25), June, 2013)"There is potentially a large audience for this book, including anyone interested in neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurology, neurosciences, neurodevelopment, and pediatrics. ... This is a well-written account of autism from a neuropsychological, neuroscientific, and clinical perspective. The book does a good job of integrating these aspects to give both a neuroanatomic understanding of these patients and a clinical flavor of the behavioral and functional aspects of the disorder that helps to connect the science to the human individual." (Christopher J. Graver, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2012)