Early detection and management of mental disorders
Research evidence concerning the precursors (a sign or symptom that heralds another) and prodromes (an early or premonitory symptom of a disease) of the various mental disorders is growing but is at present widely dispersed and inaccessible. Clinicians have to rely on their own experience, which is...
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0470010851 |
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Research evidence concerning the precursors (a sign or symptom that heralds another) and prodromes (an early or premonitory symptom of a disease) of the various mental disorders is growing but is at present widely dispersed and inaccessible. Clinicians have to rely on their own experience, which is often limited, when faced with several delicate diagnostic and treatment issues. This book aims to approach for the first time in a comprehensive way this emerging area of clinical psychiatry. The World Health Organisation has found that mental disorders such as depression and psychosis rank in th |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 306 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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0470010843 9780470010846 0470010835 9780470010839 0470010851 9780470010853 |
Index Number: | RC469 |
CLC: | R749 |
Contents: | Prodromal Symptoms and Early Detection of Schizophrenia / Heinz Hafner and Kurt Maurer -- The Management of Early Psychosis / Patrick McGorry, Jane Edwards and Alison Yung -- Children of Persons with Schizophrenia : An Overview of Empirical Research / Allan F. Mirsky and Adrienne K. Elliott -- Detection and Management of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents / Elizabeth Weller [and others] -- Detecting the Risk for Affective Spectrum Disorders in the Children of Bipolar Parents / Gabriele Masi, Hagop S. Akiskal and Kareen Akiskal -- The "Difficult" Child : Main Underlying Syndromes an |