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Schizophrenia : innovations in diagnosis and treatment / Colin A. Ross.
Holman Biotech Commons RC514 .R67 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Colin A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schizophrenia--Diagnosis.
- Schizophrenia.
- Schizophrenia--Treatment.
- Dissociative disorders.
- Dissociative Disorders.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dissociative Disorders.
- Schizophrenia.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- In Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. Colin A. Ross-founder of the Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma-presents a new theory outlining a previously unknown dissociative subtype of schizophrenia related to psychological trauma that can be treated with psychotherapy as opposed to medication. This book explores his concept, supported by an extensive bibliography, case studies, and numerous tables. This one-of-a-kind volume is a must-read for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professionals involved in researching or treating schizophrenia. Its comprehensible text makes it useful for people with schizophrenia and their families as well.
- Contents:
- Assumptions and logic underlying the dissociative subtype of schizophrenia
- Characteristics of the dissociative subtype of schizophrenia
- Definitions of psychosis and schizophrenia
- The genetic model of schizophrenia
- The efficacy of antipsychotic medication
- Psychosis and trauma
- Definition and scientific status of dissociation
- Dissociation and trauma
- Dissociative identity disorder
- Bleuler's description of schizophrenia
- Positive symptoms in schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder
- Case examples of dissociative schizophrenia
- Hysterical and reactive psychoses
- Proposed diagnostic criteria for dissociative schizophrenia
- Treatment outcome data
- Principles of psychotherapy for dissociative schizophrenia
- Talking to the voices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789022699
- 0789022702
- OCLC:
- 54035716
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