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Author Lenzenweger, Mark F.

Title Schizotypy and schizophrenia : the view from experimental psychopathology / by Mark F. Lenzenweger
Published New York : Guilford Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 444 pages) : illustrations
Series Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
Contents Welcome to the machine -- The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : reliability, validity, and how we collect data -- The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : practical tools and pragmatic issues -- The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : analytic heuristics, caveats, and soapbox moments -- Recognizing the schizotype -- Begin with a model -- Genetics, genomics, phenotypes, and endophenotypes : the challenge of complex disease -- Probing the central neurocognitive endophenotypes -- Motion and touch : simpler may be better -- The schizotype through time -- Now, just what about this "type" business in "schizotype"?
Summary This compelling book argues that all people with schizophrenia share a personality organization known as schizotypy. Presented is a novel framework for understanding schizophrenia through the study of individuals who may never develop the disorder, but who nonetheless harbor a liability for it. Mark F. Lenzenweger comprehensively reviews current knowledge about schizotypy while exploring broader questions of how to think about and conduct psychopathology research, making the book useful and relevant for both researchers and students. He demonstrates state-of-the-art strategies for combining cl
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-434) and index
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Subject Schizotypal personality disorder.
Schizophrenics -- Psychology
Psychology, Experimental.
Schizophrenia -- pathology
Schizophrenic Psychology
Psychopathology -- methods
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Psychology, Experimental
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
Psychology, Experimental
Schizophrenics -- Psychology
Schizotypal personality disorder
Schizophrenie.
Schizoidie.
Forschung.
Methode.
Experimentelle Psychologie.
Theorie.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010018676
ISBN 9781606238677
1606238671
1282681265
9781282681262