Women and Schizophrenia

Klappentext This book examines how being female affects onsets and nature of schizophrenia, and the implications of this for treatment. Zusammenfassung This book examines how being female affects onsets and nature of schizophrenia! and the implications of this for treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Foreword Robin MacGregor Murray; Preface David J. Castle; 1. Introduction and overview John McGrath, David J. Castle and Jayashri Kulkarni; 2. Sex differences in brain development, organization and degeneration: are they relevant to sex differences in schizophrenia? David J. Castle; 3. Women and schizophrenia: an epidemiological perspective David J. Castle; 4. Women and schizophrenia: clinical aspects Mary V. Seeman and Paul Fitzgerald; 5. Hormones and psychosis Jayashri Kulkarni and George Fink; 6. Reproductive, preconceptual and antenatal needs of women with schizophrenia Joanne Barkla and John McGrath; 7. Motherhood and schizophrenia Jenny Hearle and John McGrath; 8. Women and schizophrenia: treatment implications Paul Fitzgerald and Mary V. Seeman; 9. Overview of sex differences in schizophrenia: where have we been and where do we go from here? Jill M. Goldstein and Richard R. J. Lewine; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David J. Castle, David J. Mcgrath Castle
• Assisted by: DAVID J CASTLE (Editor), David J. Castle (Editor), Jayashri Kulkarni (Editor), John McGrath (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2000
• EAN: 9780521786171
• ISBN: 978-0-521-78617-1
• No. of pages: 164
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories