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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: 17.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780198510840

ISBN 10:   0198510845
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   23 February 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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

Reviews

Review from previous edition Overall, this is a useful and up-to-date volume, which anyone with an interest in schizophrenia would do well to possess. Ann Mortimer, University of Hull in the British Journal of Psychiatry

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