The epidemiology of schizophrenia /
The epidemiology of schizophrenia /
edited by Robin M. Murray [and others].
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 454 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Foreword / The social epidemiology of schizophrenia -- Investigating socioenvironmental influences in schizophrenia: conceptual and design issues / Geographical variation in incidence, course and outcome of schizophrenia: a comparison of developing and developed countries / Temporal variation in the incidence, course and outcome of schizophrenia / Urbanization, migration and risk of schizophrenia / The developmental epidemiology of schizophrenia -- Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia / Childhood development and later schizophrenia: evidence from genetic high-risk and birth cohort studies / Prodrome, onset and early course of schizophrenia / The value of first-episode studies in schizophrenia / Schizophrenia at the extremes of life / The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia -- The 'classical' genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia / Molecular genetics and epidemiology in schizophrenia: a necessary partnership / Gene-environment correlation and interaction in schizophrenia / William Carpenter -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Ezra Susser -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Paulo Menezes, Vijoy Varma, Ezra Susser -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Jane Boydell, Robin Murray, Ezra Susser -- Jane Boydell, Robin Murray -- Mary Cannon, Robert Kendell, Ezra Susser, Peter Jones -- Mary Cannon, C. Jane Tarrant, Matti O. Huttunen, Peter Jones -- Heinz Hafner -- Mary Clarke, Eadbhard O'Callaghan -- Kenneth G.D. Orr, David J. Castle -- Alastair Cardno, Robin M. Murray -- Stanley Zammit, Glyn Lewis, Michael J. Owen -- Jim van Os, Pak Sham.
An international team of leading researchers and clinicians here provide a comprehensive, epidemiological overview of this multi-faceted and still perplexing disorder, and address some of the key questions it raises. How important in the genetic contribution to schizophrenia? Do pregnancy and birth complications increase the risk for schizophrenia? Is the incidence of schizophrenia changing? Why is the rate higher among immigrants and in those born in cities? Controversial issues such as the validity of discrete or dimensional classifications of schizophrenia and the continuum between psychosis and 'normality' are explored in depth, and separate chapters are devoted to topics of particular relevance to schizophrenia such as suicide, violence and substance abuse. Finally, new prospects for treatment and prevention are considered. Drawing together the findings from social, genetic, developmental and classical epidemiology of schizophrenia, this text will prove an invaluable resource for clinicians and researchers.
9780511544118 (ebook)
Schizophrenia--Epidemiology.
RC514 / .E425 2003
362.2/6
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Foreword / The social epidemiology of schizophrenia -- Investigating socioenvironmental influences in schizophrenia: conceptual and design issues / Geographical variation in incidence, course and outcome of schizophrenia: a comparison of developing and developed countries / Temporal variation in the incidence, course and outcome of schizophrenia / Urbanization, migration and risk of schizophrenia / The developmental epidemiology of schizophrenia -- Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia / Childhood development and later schizophrenia: evidence from genetic high-risk and birth cohort studies / Prodrome, onset and early course of schizophrenia / The value of first-episode studies in schizophrenia / Schizophrenia at the extremes of life / The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia -- The 'classical' genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia / Molecular genetics and epidemiology in schizophrenia: a necessary partnership / Gene-environment correlation and interaction in schizophrenia / William Carpenter -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Ezra Susser -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Paulo Menezes, Vijoy Varma, Ezra Susser -- Michaeline Bresnahan, Jane Boydell, Robin Murray, Ezra Susser -- Jane Boydell, Robin Murray -- Mary Cannon, Robert Kendell, Ezra Susser, Peter Jones -- Mary Cannon, C. Jane Tarrant, Matti O. Huttunen, Peter Jones -- Heinz Hafner -- Mary Clarke, Eadbhard O'Callaghan -- Kenneth G.D. Orr, David J. Castle -- Alastair Cardno, Robin M. Murray -- Stanley Zammit, Glyn Lewis, Michael J. Owen -- Jim van Os, Pak Sham.
An international team of leading researchers and clinicians here provide a comprehensive, epidemiological overview of this multi-faceted and still perplexing disorder, and address some of the key questions it raises. How important in the genetic contribution to schizophrenia? Do pregnancy and birth complications increase the risk for schizophrenia? Is the incidence of schizophrenia changing? Why is the rate higher among immigrants and in those born in cities? Controversial issues such as the validity of discrete or dimensional classifications of schizophrenia and the continuum between psychosis and 'normality' are explored in depth, and separate chapters are devoted to topics of particular relevance to schizophrenia such as suicide, violence and substance abuse. Finally, new prospects for treatment and prevention are considered. Drawing together the findings from social, genetic, developmental and classical epidemiology of schizophrenia, this text will prove an invaluable resource for clinicians and researchers.
9780511544118 (ebook)
Schizophrenia--Epidemiology.
RC514 / .E425 2003
362.2/6