Secondary Schizophrenia (Hardcover)

Perminder S. Sachdev

ISBN 10: 0521856973 / ISBN 13: 9780521856973

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010

Hardcover. 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. Secondary Schizophrenia is the first major attempt to review the diseases that produce schizophrenia-like syndromes, or psychotic symptoms. It marks the next step in trying to meet the most important challenge to modern neuroscience understanding and conquering this most mysterious of human diseases. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780521856973

Synopsis :

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.

À propos des auteurs: 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.

Matcheri S. Keshavan is Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massaachusetts, USA.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Secondary Schizophrenia (Hardcover)
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : new