Schizophrenia : science and practice / edited by John C. Shershow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shershow, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schizophrenia.

Medical Subjects:

Schizophrenia.

Physical Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1978.

Summary:

The conceptual underpinnings of the diagnosis of schizophrenic illness, recent elaborations of psychosocial and developmental theories, current genetic and biochemical research, and traditional as well as newer treatment approaches are among the topics discussed in this unusually clear and lively account.

Contents:

Historical and philosophical perspectives: Shershow, J. C. Approaches to understanding schizophrenia. Savodnik, I. The manifest and the scientific images.

Etiology, the nature-nurture interaction: Kety, S. Heredity and environment. Lidoz, T. A developmental theory.

Bioscientific research: Klerman, G. L. The evolution of a scientific nosology. Creese, I. and Snyder, S. H. Biochemical investigation. Hollister, L. Psychopharmacology.

Care and treatment, the human dimension: Borus, J. F. and Hatow, E. The patient and the community. Schwartz, D. P. Psychotherapy. Mosher, L. R. and Menn, A. Z. The surrogate "family."

Notes:

A collection of 10 lectures delivered in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0674791126

OCLC:

3845019