Neuroprogression and staging in bipolar disorder / edited by Flavio Kapczinski [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kapczinski, Flávio, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bipolar disorder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After the original proposals of staging for psychotic disorders developed by McGorry and colleagues, a few systems have been put forward specifically for people with bipolar disorder. There is now consistent evidence that, at least for a significant portion of people with this disease, clinical course and outcome are not as benign as initially described. The evidence thus far points to relevant differences between early and late stages of bipolar disorders in theclinical course of illness, neurobiology and systemic pathology. These differences all suggest that staging is a viable addition to c

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1 Clinical staging in bipolar disorder: a historical perspective""; ""Robert M. Post""; ""2 Staging systems in bipolar disorder""; ""Ralph W. Kupka, Manon H. J. Hillegers,and Jan Scott""; ""3 Allostatic load and accelerated ageing in bipolar disorder""; ""Iria Grande and Flavio Kapczinski""; ""4 Neuroprogression and biological underpinnings of staging in bipolar disorder""; ""Gabriel R. Fries, Pedro V. S. Magalhães,Flavio Kapczinski, and Michael Berk""; ""5 Functioning and illness progression in bipolar disorder""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-101997-6

0-19-178021-9

OCLC:

916923425