| Description |
xv, 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Series |
American Psychopathological Association series |
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American Psychopathological Association series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Lewis L. Judd -- Section 1. Schizophrenia: the human experience -- 1. Schizophrenia: a parent's perspective - mourning without end / Martin S. Willick -- 2. Schizophrenia from a family point of view: a social and economic perspective / Laurie M. Flynn -- 3. Is biological psychiatry building on an adequate base?: clinical realities and underlying processes in schizophrenic disorders / John S. Strauss -- Section II. The phenomenology of schizophrenia -- 4. The neural mechanisms of mental phenomena / Nancy C. Andreasen, et al. -- 5. Brain function in schizophrenia: application of neurobehavioral studies / Ruben C. Gur, Andrew J. Saykin, Raquel E. Gur -- 6. Phenomenology, environmental risk and genetics: twin studies of schizophrenia / Adrianna M. Reveley -- Section III. The neurobiology of schizophrenia: traditional methods and emerging technologies -- 7. Postmortem neurochemical and neuropathological studies in schizophrenia / James A. Clardy, Thomas M. Hyde, Joel E. Kleinman -- 8. Positron-emission tomography as a metabolic and neurochemical probe / Göran Sedvall -- Section IV. Treatment of schizophrenia -- 9. The search for the ideal medications: developing a rational neuropharmacology / Arvid Carlsson -- 10. Efficacy, mechanisms and side effects of typical and atypical neuroleptics / John M. Kane -- 11. Psychosocial treatments of schizophrenia: the potential of relationships / Thomas H. McGlashan -- Section V. A glimpse of the future: the molecular basis of schizophrenia -- 12. Molecular insights into schizophrenia -- 13. Molecular genetic research in schizophrenia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia.
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| Author |
Andreasen, Nancy C.
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| LC no. |
93009585 |
| ISBN |
0880489502 (alk. paper) |
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