1st Edition
Psychosis In The Inner City The Camberwell First Episode Study
Edited By David J. Castle University of Western Australia, Perth; et al.
Copyright 1998
224 Pages
by
Psychology Press
224 Pages
by
Psychology Press
228 Pages
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Psychology Press
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The "epigenetic puzzle" which is schizophrenia, forms the focus of this Monograph, But The Authors Do Not Sit Comfortably With The Notion That this is an entity. Rather, they approach the non-affective psychoses on a broad epidemiological base, ascertaining cases of so-called "functional" psychoses over a quarter of a century. They examine admission policies, showing that patients are admitted to... Read more
Preface by Assen Jablensky. Abstract. Schizophrenia: The Epidemiology of a Provisional Category. Methods for the 1965_1984 Study. Diagnostic Issues and Admission Policies. The Effect of Gender on Age at Onset of Psychosis. Subtypes of Schizophrenia as Expressions of Wider Dimensions of Psychosis. Late Onset Schizophrenia. Crime and Schizophrenia in Camberwell. Trends in the Incidence of the Functional Psychoses. A Case Control Study of Ethnicity and Schizophrenia. Psychotic Illness in Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from the 1991 UK Census. The Longitudinal Perspective: The Camberwell collaborative Psychosis Study. Summary and Conclusions.
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CASTLE, DAVID J
