Schizophrenia
- Authors:
- BIRCHWOOD Max, JACKSON Chris
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 168p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Schizophrenia continues to be the most debilitating of the psychotic disorders with less than one third returning to a `normal' level of functioning. The understanding of this disorder has advanced considerably over the last 10 years with major contributions from neurobiology but particularly from an understanding of the way in which psychosocial and psychological factors interact with underlying vulnerabilities to influence both the content and timing of psychotic symptoms and the personal and social difficulty they create. This book brings together this disparate and complex literature. The section on treatment brings to the reader a clear account of psychological, social and drug treatments interspersed with clinical accounts.
- Subject terms:
- mental health problems, models, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, behaviour, behaviour modification;
- ISBN print:
- 0 86377 553 5