Unbalanced : a view from the vestibule : schizophrenia and hyperattention / Simeon Locke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locke, Simeon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Diseases.

Brain.

Central nervous system--Diseases.

Central nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The symptoms of schizophrenia have generated interest for more than two centuries. How are they produced? Where do they come from? In this highly stimulating book, Dr Locke proposes a new basic mechanism to account for many of the findings in schizophrenia. His ideas are based on observations and experiments at a State Psychiatric Hospital where he was the director of a Neurological Unit for ten years. He was struck by an outstanding sign of schizophrenia which had not attracted attention in the classical literature. Schizophrenia patients, he noticed, were too alert, too attentive. If this hy

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Disease; Chapter 2 Arousal; Chapter 3 Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 4 Schizophrenia; Chapter 5 Perception; Chapter 6 Hallucinations; Chapter 7 Vestibular System; Chapter 8 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613148384

9781283148382

1283148382

9789814299633

9814299634

OCLC:

742333497