Schizophrenia

"Schizophrenia is one of the most complex and disabling diseases to affect mankind. Relatively little is known about its nature and its origins, and available treatments are inadequate for most patients. As a result, there are inevitable controversies about what causes it, how to diagnose it, and how best to treat it. However, in the past decade, there has been an explosion of new research, with dramatic discoveries involving genetic etiology and epidemiological risk factors. There has also been a catalog of new drugs coming to market, and controversy about the relative advantages and disadvantages of newer compared with older therapies. In addition, developing technologies in genomics, molecular biology and neuroimaging provide streams of new information"--Page 4 de la couverture

DESCRIPTIVE ASPECTS -- The concept of schizophrenia : past, present, and future / Nancy C. Andreasen -- The schizophrenia construct : symptomatic presentation / Celso Arango and William T. Carpenter -- Child and adolescent schizophrenia / Chris Hollis and Judith Rapoport -- Late onset schizophrenia / Robert Howard and Dilip V. Jeste -- The Schizophrenia Spectrum Personality Disorders / Eran Chemerinski and Larry J. Siever -- The prodome of schizophrenia / Shôn Lewis and Jean Addington -- Course and outcome / Wolfram an der Heiden and Heinz Häfner -- Neurocognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia : Their Character and Their Role in Symptom Formation / Terry E. Goldberg, Anthony David, James. M. Gold

BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS -- The secondary schizophrenias / Thomas M. Hyde and Maria A. Ron -- Schizophrenia : The epidemiological horizon / Assen Jablensky, James B. Kirkbride and Peter B. Jones -- Environmental risk factors for schizophrenia / John J. McGrath and Robin M. Murray -- Classical Genetic Studies of Schizophrenia / Brien Riley and Kenneth S. Kendler -- Genetic Associations in Schizophrenia / Michael C O'Donovan and Michael J. Owen -- Intermediate phenotypes and genetic origins / Tyr…