This book introduces the concept of early intervention and describes the clinical approaches most likely to facilitate the fullest degree of recovery. This rich overview is organized into three major parts: early intervention, epidemiology, and natural history, management of the…
Researchers from the US, Canada, Australia, and Israel provide advice to help clinicians work more effectively with patients and families dealing with a first episode of schizophrenia. An afterword synthesizes the various views into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to…
Schultz, an ETHS graduate of 1964 is one of the compilers of this collection of scientific articles on schizophrenia.
This book will present progress to date in the field of pre-psychotic intervention and research. Opportunities and pitfalls are discussed in order to assist psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians who may be planning similar services.
Early intervention in psychotic disorders, particularly schizophrenia, has been increasingly recognized as important by clinicians and policymakers alike. The benefits to patients and their carers include timely treatment, minimization of secondary morbidity and prevention of re…
The symptoms of schizophrenia have generated interest for more than two centuries. How are they produced? Where do they come from? In this highly stimulating book, Dr Locke proposes a new basic mechanism to account for many of the findings in schizophrenia. His ideas are based o…
The functional psychoses continue to be classed as illnesses of unknown origin, and the validity of diagnostic concepts therefore also depends on extrinsic criteria such as course and outcome, results of biological and genetic investigation, and response to treatment. 'Operation…
The functional psychoses continue to be classed as illnesses of unknown origin, and the validity of diagnostic concepts therefore also depends on extrinsic criteria such as course and outcome, results of biological and genetic investigation, and response to treatment. 'Operation…
Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Psychoses
by Berner, P., Gabriel, E., Katschnig, H., Kieffer, W., Koehler, K., Lenz, G.
The functional psychoses continue to be classed as illnesses of unknown origin, and the validity of diagnostic concepts therefore also depends on extrinsic criteria such as course and outcome, results of biological and genetic investigation, and response to treatment. 'Operation…
The functional psychoses continue to be classed as illnesses of unknown origin, and the validity of diagnostic concepts therefore also depends on extrinsic criteria such as course and outcome, results of biological and genetic investigation, and response to treatment. 'Operation…