The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia And Other Psychotic Disorders (Facts on File Library of Health and Living) - Hardcover

Noll, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816064059 ISBN 13: 9780816064052

Publisher: Facts on File, 2006

Synopsis

Praise for the previous edition:
"...a true encyclopedia, highly valuable as a support tool...recommended."—Booklist

"...this book offers a wealth of information, is readable rather than technical, and will be helpful for library users seeking information on schizophrenia."—The Book Report

Written for general readers and professionals alike, The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, Third Edition is the most comprehensive single source on this topic. With more than 600 up-to-date entries, this new edition features a substantially revised foreword and introduction, a significant amount of new material, references, appendixes, and the latest findings since the last edition was published. Coverage includes the history, treatment, diagnosis, and current medical research and theories regarding this class of mental illness.

New entries include:

• Abilify
• Acute and transient psychotic disorders
• Association studies
• Atypical psychotic disorders
• Brief psychotic disorder
• Comorbidity
• Dysphrenia
• Electronarcosis therapy
• Glutamate hypothesis
• Induced delusional disorder
• Ipseity disorder
• Mixed states
• Parkinsonism
• Persistent delusional disorders
• Substance-induced psychotic disorder
• Vascular-inflammatory theory of schizophrenia.

About this title

Reviews

Schizophrenia has plagued, mystified, and baffled the human race for centuries. At various times it was attributed to cosmic forces overtaking one's soul or being possessed by Satan. Finally, through the study of psychiatry in the nineteenth century, schizophrenia was identified and recognized as an illness. Recent DNA research has recognized a genetic link to mental illness, but the specific cause of schizophrenia still remains to be identified.

The latest edition of the Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders has been revised and expanded to reflect the latest (post-1999) scientific and scholarly research. Biologically related schizophrenic disorders, genetics, antipsychotic drug treatments, and pathophysiology are a few of the topics explored in the more than 600 entries. Among the new entries are Brief psychotic disorder, Electronarcosis therapy, Glutamate hypothesis, and Substance-induced psychotic disorder. In addition, author Noll has taken advantage of new scholarship on the history of psychiatry "to place the science of schizophrenia into its historical context" and revise entries such as Dementia praecox. Many entries discussed separately in previous volumes have been combined in this volume to provide clearer, more thorough explanations. Appendixes list diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia and information for pertinent organizations.

As with both previous editions, as well as other volumes in the Facts On File Library of Health and Living, the language is clear, making this volume equally suitable for use by patients, scholars, and general readers. A solid addition for health collections. Ann Cohen
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Edition details

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816064059
• ISBN 13: 9780816064052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 400