History and Concepts -- Psychiatric sculptors and psychiatric sculptures: the unformed clay and Kraepelin's vision -- Concepts and synonyma -- Studies and Findings -- Studies on brief and acute psychoses -- Frequency and sociobiographic characteristics of acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD) and brief psychoses (BP) -- The clinical features of the acute episode -- Treatment -- The longitudinal course -- The long-term outcome -- Suicidal behaviour -- Comorbidity and somatic findings -- Issues of Nosology -- Defining the brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders: the polymorphic psychotic core -- What are brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders? -- Brief polymorphic psychoses as a component of a psychotic continuum
Summary
This book is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features, biology, course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. The authors also address the nosological status of brief and acute psychoses and their impact on our understanding of the continuum of psychotic and affective disorders
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-233) and index
