Schizophrenia

This third edition reflects major advances in the understanding of the causes of schizophrenia revealed by new imaging techniques and genetic discoveries. Covering both scientific and clinical aspects in one volume, the book draws on the expertise of international authorities.

Daniel R. Weinberger, Director: Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA

Paul J. Harrison, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK

Descriptive Aspects
The concept of schizophrenia: past, present, and future
The schizophrenia construct: symptomatic presentation
Child and adolescent schizophrenia
Late onset schizophrenia
The Schizophrenia Spectrum Personality Disorders
The prodome of schizophrenia
Course and outcome
Neurocognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia: Their Character and Their Role in Symptom Formation
Biological Aspects
The secondary schizophrenias
Schizophrenia: The epidemiological horizon
Environmental risk factors for schizophrenia
Classical Genetic Studies of Schizophrenia
Genetic Associations in Schizophrenia
. Intermediate phenotypes and genetic origins
Electrophysiology of schizophrenia
Structural Brain Imaging in schizophrenia and related populations
Functional Brain Imaging in schizophrenia
Neuropathology of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder
Dopamine and Schizophrenia
Contributions of glutamate and GABA systems to the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia
Animal Models of schizophrenia
Biological Treatments
The pharmacology and neuroscience of antipsychotic drugs
Principles of pharmacological treatment in schizophrenia
Comparative efficacy and effectiveness in the drug treatment of schizophrenia
Approaches to treatment resistant patients
Neurological complications of antipsychotic drugs
Metabolic and other side effects
Psychosocial Aspects
Schizophrenia and psychosocial stress
Mental health services for schizophrenia patients
Societal Outcomes in Schizophrenia
Psychological treatment of psychosis
Economics of the treatment of schizophrenia
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