Schizo-obsessive disorder / Michael Poyurovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poyurovsky, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schizophrenia.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Schizophrenia--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23392-5

1-139-60993-9

1-139-61179-8

1-139-62109-2

1-283-94314-X

1-139-62481-4

1-139-61551-3

0-511-68693-5

1-139-60842-8

OCLC:

823724573