Overview

In the late 1960s, the World Health Organization initiated a series of international studies of the incidence, characteristics, course, and consequences of schizophrenia. Those studies - the largest ever in the history of psychiatry - provided important data about the disorder in groups of patients living in different countries and cultures, and first focused attention on the differences in short-term prognosis for schizophrenia between the third world and industrialized countries. In the 1990s, the International Study of Schizophrenia (ISoS) set out to relocate those subjects and to determine their clinical and social status some 15 to 25 years later. Recovery from Schizophrenia is a comprehensive account of what ISoS found, reporting follow-up results for over 1000 subjects examined in the earlier WHO studies (and in several local studies as well). The body of this volume consists of detailed descriptions of the long-term course and outcome of schizophrenia, together with portraits of the field research sites in 14 countries. Introductory and synoptic chapters lay out the origin and design of the WHO studies culminating in ISoS, and synthesize the study's main findings. ISoS shows that, with appropriate treatment, schizophrenia has a favorable outcome for a substantial portion of those afflicted. The surprising finding of the short-term follow-up studies - that outcome was better in the developing than in the developed countries - is confirmed here for long-term course. Yet while prognosis continues to favor subjects in developing countries, the varied outcomes for those in developed nations still offers ample reason for hope. This book is the first of its kind. The massive multinational investigations upon which it is based are unique in psychiatry and cross-cultural epidemiology. Recovery from Schizophrenia will be a valuable resource for researchers, epidemiologists, policymakers, and mental health professionals worldwide, providing evidence that supports investment in the care of persons with schizophrenia.

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Author:   Kim Hopper ,  Glynn Harrison ,  Aleksandar Janca (World Health Organization, Geneva) ,  Norman Sartorius
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   0.833kg
ISBN:  

9780195313673

ISBN 10:   0195313674
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   28 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I. BACKGROUND ; 1. Twenty-five Years of WHO: Coordinated Activities Concerned with Schizophrenia ; 2. Study Methodology ; PART II. FINDINGS ; 3. An Overview of Course and Outcome in ISoS ; 4. Predictors of Long-Term Course and Outcome for the DOSMeD Cohort ; 5. Long-Term Diagnostic Stability in International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses ; 6. Long-Term Mortality Experience of International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses ; 7. Identifying Prognostic Factors That Predict Recovery in the Prescence of Loss to Follow-Up ; PART III. THE CENTERS ; SECTION III.B INTERNATIONAL PILOT STUDY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (IPSS) ; 8. IPSS: Agra, India ; 9. IPSS: Cali, Columbia ; 10. IPSS: Prague, Czech Republic ; SECTION III.B DETERMINANTS OF OUTCOME OF SEVERE MENTAL DISORDER (DISMED) ; 11. Chandigarh, India ; 12. Dublin, Ireland ; 13. Honolulu, Hawai'i ; 14. Moscow, Russia ; 15. Nagasaki, Japan ; 16. Nottingham, UK ; 17. Rochester, New York ; SECTION III.C REDUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY (RAPYD OR DISABILITY) ; 18. Groningen, Netherlands ; 19. Mannheim, Germany ; 20. Sofia, Bulgaria ; SECTION III.D RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS (RA)/INVITED CENTERS ; 21. Beijing, China ; 22. Hong Kong ; 23. Chennai (Madras), India ; Conclusion

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...[this book] represents an important 'narrative of hope' that adds to the emerging sense of optimism and the improved understanding of one of our most challenging and complex mental illnesses. Mental Health Today This book offers a wealth of information about one of the world's most insiduous illnesses and grounds for therapeutic optimism. s This is a comprehensive account of the 1990s-initiated International Study of Schizophrenia which was conducted in 14 countries and involved the detailed descriptions of over 1,000 subjects on their long-term course and outcome. Doody's Notes

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