Schizophrenia in Children and Adolescents

Zusammenfassung In this timely book for all mental health professionals dealing with schizophrenia in the young! an international team of experts review the latest findings in the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder and the therapeutic options available to clinicians! focussing on developmental and clinical aspects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Helmut Remschmidt; 1. Childhood psychosis and schizophrenia: a historical review William Parry-Jones; 2. Definition and classification Helmut Remschmidt; 3. Epidemiology of early onset schizophrenia Christopher Gillberg; 4. Childhood schizophrenia: developmental aspects Fred R. Volkmar; 5. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis Chris Hollis; 6. Genetic aspects Jane Scourfield and Peter McGuffin; 7. Children with schizophrenia: a neurobehavioral perspective Robert F. Asarnow and Canan Karatekin; 8. Psychosocial factors: the social context of child and adolescent onset schizophrenia Joan R. Asarnow, Martha C. Tompson and Michael J. Goldstein; 9. Treatment and rehabilitation Helmut Remschmidt, Matthias Martin, Klaus Hennighausen and Eberhard Schulz; 10. Course and prognosis Sally Nicola Merry and John Scott Werry; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Helmut Remschmidt
• Assisted by: Ian M. Goodyer (Editor), Helmut Remschmidt (Editor), Remschmidt Helmut (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521794282
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79428-2
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 245 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Cambridge Child and Adolescent; Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Paediatric medicine, Paediatric medicine / child and adolescent medicine