Acute and transient psychoses / / Andreas Marneros and Frank Pillmann [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784313803321
• Autore: Marneros A (Andreas), <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-14973-8; 1-280-51613-5; 9786610516131; 0-511-21399-9; 0-511-21578-9; 0-511-21041-8; 0-511-31483-3; 0-511-54400-6; 0-511-21218-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetti: Psychoses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Psychiatric sculptors and psychiatric sculptures: the unformed clay and Kraepelin's visions; 2 Concepts and synonyma; 3 Studies on brief and acute psychoses; 4 Frequency and sociobiographic characteristics of acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD) and brief psychoses (BP); 5 The clinical features of the acute episode; 6 Treatment; 7 The longitudinal course; 8 The long-term outcome; 9 Suicidal behaviour; 10 Comorbidity and somatic findings; 11 Defining the brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders: the polymorphic psychotic core12 What are brief, acute and transient psychotic disorders?; 13 Brief polymorphic psychoses as a component of a psychotic continuum; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Brief and acute psychotic disorders with a short duration and a generally good prognosis have long intrigued psychiatrists. Although ; they are included in internationally accepted diagnostic systems, understanding of these disorders remains minimal. This book is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features, biology, course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. The authors review the world literature on the topic and they also present data from their own longitudinal study - the most complete investigation of this group of disorders so far conducted. The book concludes with considerations of the nosological status of brief and acute psychoses and their impact on our understanding of the continuum of psychotic and affective disorders.