| Secondary Schizophrenia Contributor(s): Sachdev, Perminder S. (Editor), Keshavan, Matcheri S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521856973 ISBN-13: 9780521856973 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $110.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Schizophrenia |
| Dewey: 616.898 |
| LCCN: 2009022571 |
| Series: Cambridge Medicine (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.4" W x 9.7" (2.45 lbs) 450 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Schizophrenia may not be a single disease, but the result of a diverse set of related conditions. Modern neuroscience is beginning to reveal some of the genetic and environmental underpinnings of schizophrenia; however, an approach less well travelled is to examine the medical disorders that produce symptoms resembling schizophrenia. This book is the first major attempt to bring together the diseases that produce what has been termed 'secondary schizophrenia'. International experts from diverse backgrounds ask the questions: does this medical disorder, or drug, or condition cause psychosis? If yes, does it resemble schizophrenia? What mechanisms form the basis of this relationship? What implications does this understanding have for aetiology and treatment? The answers are a feast for clinicians and researchers of psychosis and schizophrenia. They mark the next step in trying to meet the most important challenge to modern neuroscience - understanding and conquering this most mysterious of human diseases. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sachdev, Perminder S.: - Perminder S. Sachdev is Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Clinical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI), the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.Keshavan, Matcheri S.: - Matcheri S. Keshavan is Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massaachusetts, USA. |