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OverviewSchizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling psychosis, which is an impairment of thinking in which the interpretation of reality is abnormal. Psychosis is a symptom of a disordered brain. Approximately 1 percent of the population world-wide develops schizophrenia during their lifetime. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. People with schizophrenia often suffer symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. The current evidence concerning the causes of schizophrenia is a mosaic. It is quite clear that multiple factors are involved. These include changes in the chemistry of the brain, changes in the structure of the brain, and genetic factors. Viral infections and head injuries may also play a role. New molecular tools and modern statistical analyses allow focusing in on particular genes that might make people more susceptible to schizophrenia by affecting, for example, brain development or neurotransmitter systems governing brain functioning. State-of-the-art imaging techniques are being used to study the living brain. They have recently revealed specific, subtle abnormalities in the structure and function of the brains of patients with schizophrenia. In other imaging studies, early biochemical changes that may precede the onset of disease symptoms have been noted, prompting examination of the neural circuits that are most likely to be involved in producing those symptoms. This book presents new and important research in the field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel J Walker , William GreenPublisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc Imprint: Nova Science Publishers Inc Weight: 0.798kg ISBN: 9781604566376ISBN 10: 160456637 Pages: 261 Publication Date: 07 September 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface; Delays in Seeking Psychiatric Care among Patients with Schizophrenia in Bali; Therapeutic Mechanisms of a Mutual Support Group for Chinese Family Caregivers of People with Schizophrenia; Treatment Approaches to Aggressive Behavior in Schizophrenia; A Circuit Dynamics Theory of Complex Dopaminergic Modulation of Prefrontal Cortical Activity and its Relevance to Schizophrenia; Self-Monitoring, Self-Assessment and Discrepancies with Observer Ratings in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: A Strategy for Negotiating Change in Sympton Unawareness; Disturbed Cross-Talk between Hypothalamic Neuropeptides, Nitric Oxide and other Factors May Significantly Contribute to the Hyperactivity of the HPA Axis in Depression and Schizophrenia; Diet in Schizophrenia: An Overview; Cognitive Functioning in First-Episode Schizophrenic Patients: A Longitudinal Study; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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