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A comprehensive 1983 account of the pathology, treatment and prognosis of conditions such as schizophrenia, manic depression and autism.
Sommario
List of contributors; Foreword; Preface J. K. Wing; Part I. Schizophrenia and Paranoid Psychoses; Section 1. Clinical: 1. Development of concepts of schizophrenia Erik Strömgren; 2. Acute syndromes of schizophrenia Julian P. Leff; 3. Chronic syndromes of schizophrenia Julian P. Leff; 4. Subclassification of schizophrenia Erik Strömgren; 5. Paranoid disorders Felix Post; 6. Differential diagnosis of schizophrenia Erik Strömgren; 7. Course and prognosis of schizophrenia J. K. Wing; Section 2. Aetiology and Pathology: 8. Epidemiology of schizophrenia Edward Hare; 9. Psychosocial factors influencing the onset and course of schizophrenia J. K. Wing; 10. Psychological deficits in schizophrenia: information processing and communication problems Thomas F. Oltmanns and John M. Neale; 11. Genetics of schizophrenia John D. Rainer; 12. Biochemistry and pathology of schizophrenia Richard Rodnight; Section 3. Treatment and Management: 13. Medication and physical treatment of schizophrenia Steven R. Hirsch; 14. Rehabilitation and management of schizophrenia J. K. Wing; Part II. Affective Psychoses; Section 4. Clinical: 15. Manic-depressive psychoses: mania James L. Gibbons; 16. Depressive syndromes James L. Gibbons; 17. Mixed affective states and other syndromes James L. Gibbons; 18. Affective psychosis in adolescence Philip Graham; 19. Differential diagnosis of affective psychoses James L. Gibbons; 20. The course and prognosis of affective psychoses Paul E. Bebbington; Section 5. Aetiology and Pathology: 21. Epidemiology of affective psychoses K. Rawnsley; 22. Suicide: epidemiology and relationship to depression Peter Sainsbury; 23. Social and psychological causes of affective disorders E. S. Paykel; 24. Genetics of the affective psychoses Theodore Reich, C. Robert Cloninger, Brian Suarez and John Rice; 25. Biochemistry and pathology of the affective psychoses George Ashcroft; Section 6. Treatment: 26. Medication and physical treatment of affective disorders E. S. Paykel; 27. Management and rehabilitation of affective psychoses D. H. Bennett; 28. Medico-legal issues Anthony W. Clare; Part III. Psychoses of Early Childhood; Section 7. Clinical: 29. Development of concepts, classification and relationship to mental retardation Lorna Wing; 30. Clinical description, diagnosis and differential diagnosis Lorna Wing; 31. Epilepsy and the electroencephalogram in early childhood psychoses John A. Corbett; 32. Psychological assessment of early childhood psychoses Judith Gould; 33. Outcome and prognosis of early childhood psychoses I. Kolvin; Section 8. Aetiology and Pathology: 34. Epidemiology of early childhood psychoses Lorna Wing; 35. Psychological abnormalities in early childhood psychoses Uta Frith; 36. The genetics of childhood psychoses D. R. Hanson and I. I. Gottesman; 37. Molecular pathology in the early childhood psychoses J. Gerald Young, Donald J. Cohen and Bennett A. Shaywitz; 38. Causes and pathology of early childhood psychoses I. Kolvin; Section 9. Treatment and Management: 39. Medical management of psychotic children D. M. Ricks; 40. Education and management of psychotic children Patricia Howlin; References; Cross-references to other volumes in the series; Indexes.
Riassunto
This book was originally published in 1983. Schizophrenic, paranoid, manic, depressive and autistic illnesses are amongst the most severe and disabling that affect mankind. This volume is an insightful and comprehensive account of the pathology, biochemistry, aetiology, diagnoses, epidemiology, treatment and prognosis of these conditions.
