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H. HAFNER and W. F. GATTAZ Between 1891 and 1955, three founders of modern psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926), Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) and Kurt Schneider (1887-1967) lectured at the University of Heidelberg: Kraepelin for 12 years, Jaspers for over 25 years and Schneider for approximately 10 years. During this period they laid the foundations of descriptive psychopathology and modern classification and con- tributed essentially to the development of our current thinking on schizophrenia. In 1986, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the University of Heidel- berg, we held a symposium in memory of these three giants of psychiatry for which we chose the title Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia . It was jointly organized by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim and the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Heidelberg. The intention was to meet one of the major challenges of current psychiatric research, namely the fact that since Kraepelin's masterly description of Dementia praecox (1894) and E. Bleuler's slightly different definition of schizophrenia (1911), we have made only insufficient advances in clarifying the aetiology of this frequent and still often dis- abling mental disease.

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Author:   Heinz Hafner ,  W. F. Gattaz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Weight:   0.786kg
ISBN:  

9783642748837

ISBN 10:   364274883
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   15 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I Epidemiology of Schizophrenia.- Deviant Birth Season Distribution: Does It Offer a Clue to the Aetiology of Schizophrenia?.- Gender Differences in Age at Onset and Course of Schizophrenic Disorders. A Contribution to the Understanding of the Disease?.- Early Predictors of Onset and Course of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum.- Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Discussion.- II Determinants of Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia.- The International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia: Five-Year Follow-Up Findings.- What Is Crucial for the Long-Term Outcome of Schizophrenia?.- Models for the Development of Symptomatology and Course of Schizophrenia.- Interaction of Environment and Personality in the Course of Schizophrenia.- III Genetics of Schizophrenia.- Models of Heritability and Genetic Transmission.- Gene-Environment Interaction in Adoptive Families.- The Reverse Genetic Approach to the Etiology of Schizophrenia.- Genetics of Schizophrenia: Discussion.- IV Vulnerability Models for Schizophrenia.- Testing Vulnerability Models: Stability of Potential Vulnerability Indicators Across Clinical State.- The Contributions of Psychophysiology to Vulnerability Models.- The Contributions of Cognitive Psychology to Vulnerability Models.- Vulnerability Models for Schizophrenia: Discussion.- V Brain Anatomy in Schizophrenia.- The Neuropathology of Schizophrenia.- Computer Tomographic Studies in Schizophrenia.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain: Clinical and Research Applications in Schizophrenia.- Brain Anatomy in Schizophrenia: Discussion.- VI Brain Function in Schizophrenia.- Positron Emission Tomography in Schizophrenia.- Brain Localisation and Neuropsychology in Schizophrenia: Syndrome and Neurodevelopmental Implications.- The Autonomic Orienting Response as a Possible Vulnerability Marker in Schizophrenia.- Event-Related Potentials and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia.- Brain Function in Schizophrenia: Discussion.- VII Future Strategies and Perspectives in Schizophrenia Research.- Antipsychotic Drugs as Tools for Etiological Research.- Strategies for Biological Research: Psychosis as an Anomaly of the Cerebral Dominance Gene.- Strategies for Psychosocial Research into the Causes of Schizophrenia.- New Perspectives in the Epidemiology of Schizophrenia.- Future Strategies and Perspectives in Schizophrenia Research: Discussion.- Closing Remarks.- Author Index.

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