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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813258103321

Titolo

Early detection and management of mental disorders / / edited by Mario Maj ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2005

ISBN

1-280-27444-1

9786610274444

0-470-01085-1

0-470-01084-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

World Psychiatric Association

Altri autori (Persone)

MajMario <1953->

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Mental illness - Diagnosis

Mental illness - Treatment

Psychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early Detection and Management of Mental Disorders; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Prodromal Symptoms and Early Detection of Schizophrenia; Chapter 2 The Management of Early Psychosis; Chapter 3 Children of Persons with Schizophrenia: An Overview of Empirical Research; Chapter 4 Detection and Management of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents; Chapter 5 Detecting the Risk for Affective Spectrum Disorders in the Children of Bipolar Parents; Chapter 6 The ""Difficult"" Child: Main Underlying Syndromes and Differential Diagnosis

Chapter 7 Precursors, Prodromes and Early Detection of Eating DisordersChapter 8 Precursors, Early Detection and Prevention of Anxiety Disorders; Chapter 9 Early Recognition and Management of Depression in Primary Care; Chapter 10 The Prodromes and Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Research evidence concerning the precursors (a sign or symptom that heralds another) and prodromes (an early or premonitory symptom of a disease) of the various mental disorders is growing but is at present widely dispersed and inaccessible. Clinicians have to rely on their own



experience, which is often limited, when faced with several delicate diagnostic and treatment issues. This book aims to approach for the first time in a comprehensive way this emerging area of clinical psychiatry.The World Health Organisation has found that mental disorders such as depression and psychosis rank