Unbalanced [[electronic resource] ] : a view from the vestibule : schizophrenia and hyperattention / / Simeon Locke

• Autore: Locke Simeon
• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.898
• Soggetto topico: Brain - Diseases; Central nervous system - Diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Unbalanced
• ISBN: 1-283-14838-2; 9786613148384; 981-4299-63-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456463703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II