ABSTRACT
Get a fair and balanced perspective on schizophrenia!
Understanding and Treating Schizophrenia: Contemporary Research, Theory, and Practice is a comprehensive overview of schizophrenia and its treatment from a variety of approaches. The book presents a balanced look at the most influential theoretical perspectives based on empirical research, clinical descriptions, and narrative histories. Dr. Glenn Shean, author of Schizophrenia: An Introduction to Research and Theory, examines neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental models of brain dysfunction, psychodynamic and family factors, up-to-date pharmacological advances, and successful community programs for discharged patients suffering from this debilitating disorder.
Understanding and Treating Schizophrenia: Contemporary Research, Theory, and Practice presents a comprehensive review of evidence concerning the epidemiology and course and outcome of schizophrenia based on theoretical groupings and levels of analysis. The book examines the evolution of diagnostic criteria and guidelines, as well as stress-vulnerability and diathesis-stress models, providing critical reviews of biological, genetic, cognitive-behavioral, and phenomenological, approach to understanding and treating schizophrenia.
Topics addressed in Understanding and Treating Schizophrenia: Contemporary Research, Theory, and Practice include:
- the history of the concept of schizophrenia
- the writings of Emil Kraepelin and Eugene Bleuler
- changes in diagnostic guidelines in the last 50 years
- General System Theory Perspective
- diagnostic and statistical manuals
- Schneider's first rank symptoms
- and much more!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section |75 pages
The Development, Evolution, Epidemiology, and Subsyndromes of Schizophrenia
chapter |20 pages
History of the Concept of Schizophrenia
chapter |16 pages
Evolving Diagnostic Criteria
chapter |17 pages
Epidemiology, Course, and Outcome
chapter |19 pages
Language, Thought, and Syndromes of Schizophrenia
section |21 pages
Integrative Models and Levels of Analysis
chapter |14 pages
Vulnerability-Stress Models
chapter |5 pages
Epistemology, General Systems Theory, and Schizophrenia
section |54 pages
Biological Perspectives
chapter |21 pages
Genetics and Schizophrenia
chapter |16 pages
Neurobiological Models and Research
chapter |14 pages
Antipsychotic Medications and Neurochemical Theories
section |43 pages
Cognitive-Behavioral, Neurocognitive, and Neurodevelopmental Research
chapter |9 pages
Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Research
chapter |31 pages
Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches and Therapies
section |67 pages
Psychodynamic, Phenomenological, and Family-Based Theories
chapter |34 pages
Psychodynamic Theories: The Role of Early Experience
chapter |10 pages
Phenomenology and Schizophrenia
chapter |21 pages
Schizophrenia and the Family
section |28 pages
Life in the Community