Acute and Transient Psychoses - Print on demand

Informationen zum Autor Born Oct 22 1946 in Cyprus. Born Feb 1st 1961 in Herne! Germany. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features! biology! course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. Zusammenfassung This book is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features! biology! course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. The authors also address the nosological status of brief and acute psychoses and their impact on our understanding of the continuum of psychotic and affective disorders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. History and Concepts: 1. Psychiatric sculptors and psychiatric sculptures: the unformed clay and Kraepelin's vision; 2. Concepts and synonym; Part II. Studies and Findings: 3. Studies on brief and acute psychoses; 4. Frequency and sociobiographic characteristics of acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD) and brief psychoses (BP); 5. The clinical features of the acute episode; 6. Treatment; 7. The longitudinal course; 8. The long-term outcome; 9. Suicidal behaviour; 10. Comorbidity and somatic findings; Part III. Issues of Nosology: 11. Defining the brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders: the polymorphic psychotic core; 12. What are brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders?; 13. Brief polymorphic psychoses as a component of a psychotic continuum; Appendix; References; Index.

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• Authors: Andreas Marneros, Andreas Pillmann Marneros, Frank Pillmann, Pillmann Frank
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521114066
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11406-6
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Mental Health, Experimental Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, Psychiatry