The Highly Sensitive Brain

The Highly Sensitive Brain: Research, Assessment, and Treatment of Sensory Processing Sensitivity covers the assessment, practice and science of sensory sensitivity for both clinicians and applied researchers. Focusing on the major theories of sensory processing sensitivity, the book presents sections on the prevalence in humans and other species, an assessment on diagnosis in children and adults, and overlapping symptoms and disorders. The book describes the mechanisms underlying sensory processing sensitivity and examines the neurobiological and genetic correlates of the trait in humans and in non-human species.

Latter chapters overview therapies and interventions that have been shown to improve quality of life for individuals with moderate to high sensory processing sensitivity.

• Discusses how highly sensitive nervous systems adapt to rapid changes
• Presents a brain model for addressing variations in sensitivity
• Examines sensory sensitivity from a biological and evolutionary perspective
• Demonstrates how sensory sensitivity manifests behaviorally
• Serves as a practical guide for assessment and treatment

Researchers, students, and clinicians in psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, medicine, psychiatry, neurology

1. Introduction and Background
   2. Prevalence
   3. Assessment and Diagnosis
   4. Health and Social Outcomes
   5. Neurobiology and Genetic Underpinnings
   6. Symptoms and Related Clinical Disorders
   7. Treatment
   8. Future Directions