Neurology of Schizophrenia (Handbook of Schizophrenia) - Hardcover

Nasrallah, H. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444904158 ISBN 13: 9780444904157

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

Starting the handbook series with a volume on the neurology of schizophrenia is obviously an appropriate choice. The volume presents the scientific evidence for the neurological basis of the schizophrenia syndrome. Not only are facts presented, but also many conceptual frameworks for defining subtypes of schizophrenia and relating clinical phenomenological findings to disorders of brain structure and function in schizophrenia. Chapters 1 to 8 flow in roughly the same sequence as a neurologist examining a schizophrenic patient: history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, laboratory tests, EEG, evoked potentials, neuropsychological testing etc. are dealt with. Chapters 9 to 13 cover the state of the art in brain imaging findings in schizophrenia using the various techniques available to us. Other chapters cover theoretical models of schizophrenia based on current neuropathological findings and provide a framework for future direction in research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0444904158
• ISBN 13: 9780444904157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Weinberger Daniel R.