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Author:   Tonmoy Sharma (Clinical Neuroscience Research Centre, Dartford, Kent, UK) ,  Philip D. Harvey (Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780198568957

ISBN 10:   0198568959
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   23 February 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I: Schizophrenia in the pre-morbid period 1: Ezra Susser & Mark G Opler: Prenatal events that influence schizophrenia 2: Tyrone D Cannon & Lauren M Ellman: Interactions of genetic predispositions and intrauterine events 3: Michael Davidson & Abraham Reichenburg: Cognitive functioning before or at the onset of first episode Section II: Schizophrenia at the Time of the First Episode 4: Sophia Frangou: Early onset schizophrenia: cognitive and clinical characteristics 5: Nitin Gogtay & Judith Rapoport: Brain imaging studies in childhood onset schizophrenia 6: Irene M Bratti & Robert M Bilder: Neurocognitive deficits and first-episode schizophrenia:characterization and course 7: Tonmoy Sharma & Veena Kumari: Adult onset schizophrenia: structural and functional brain abnormalities 8: Evelyn J Bromet & Bushra Naz: Diagnostic variability in the early course of schizophrenia 9: Jill M Goldstein & Deborah J Walder: Sex differences in schizophrenia: the case for developmental origins and etiological implications 10: Philip D Harvey: Late onset schizophrenia: characteristics of patients at the first episode Section III: Treatment of Early Schizophrenia 11: Alison R Yung, Lisa J Phillips & Patrick McGorry: Prodromal period - pharmacological and behavioural interventions 12: Delbert Robinson: Treatment of schizophrenia at the first episode 13: Dilip V Jeste, Gauri V Nayak, David P Folsom & Elizabeth W Twamley: Treatment of late-onset schizophrenia 14: Richard S E Keefe & Joseph W Kang: Treatment of cognitive deficits in first episode psychosis

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...a great travel-size book to update adult psychiatrists and those in child and adolescent mental health services, and will also be of use to those coming up for membership. Definitely worth its price tag. British Journal of Psychiatry

...a great travel-size book to update adult psychiatrists and those in child and adolescent mental health services, and will also be of use to those coming up for membership. Definitely worth its price tag. * British Journal of Psychiatry *

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