Description
This book is the first major attempt to review the diseases that produce schizophrenia-like syndromes, or psychotic symptoms.
About the Author
Perminder S. Sachdev is Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Clinical Director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI), the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Matcheri S. Keshavan is Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massaachusetts, USA.
Reviews
' ... this book provides a rich and comprehensive review of the many conditions know n to be associated with psychosis, which could be of great value to students and a resource for senior scientists in the field. it is thought-provoking and its treatments of provocative issues resulting from very recent research are timely and enjoyable. The book is particularly satisfying because it excels on so many levels. This includes the clear list-making organization of basic facts characteristic of the allopathic tradition, and the thoughtful attempt at integration of disparate findings into etiopathogenic explanations of signs and symptoms. Adding to this already very useful review of vast swathes of clinically oriented literature is the valiant and nuanced contextualization of otherwise typical textbook fare into the fundamental conceptual conundrm lurking at the heart of the entire book: what is schizophrenia.' The Journal of Psychological Medicine
Book Information
ISBN 9780521856973
Author Perminder S. Sachdev
Format Hardback
Page Count 450
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1120g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 193mm * 25mm