Schizo-obsessive disorder /
Michael Poyurovsky.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Schizophrenia and OCD: comparative characteristics -- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: conceptual history -- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: epidemiological and clinical aspects -- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: psychopathological characteristics -- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: prodrome -- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: across life span -- OCD-spectrum disorders in schizophrenia -- Schizotypal OCD -- OCD with poor insight -- Neurobiology of schizo-obsessive disorder -- Treatment of schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive symptoms -- Antipsychotic drug-induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms -- Conclusions and future directions.
This is the first book to address the clinical and neurobiological interface between schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There is growing evidence that obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia are prevalent, persistent and characterized by a distinct pattern of familial inheritance, neurocognitive deficits and brain activation. This text provides guidelines for differential diagnosis of schizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and patients with primary OCD alongside poor insight, psychotic features or schizotypal personality. Written by a leading expert in the coexistence of obsessive-compulsive and schizophrenic phenomena, Schizo-Obsessive Disorder uses numerous case studies to present diagnostic guidelines and to describe a recommended treatment algorithm, demystifying this complex disorder and aiding its effective management. The book is essential reading for psychiatrists, neurologists and the wider range of multidisciplinary mental health practitioners.