The Epidemiology of Schizophrenia

by Edited by Robin M. Murray , Peter B. Jones , Ezra Susser , Jim Van Os , Mary Cannon

• ISBN13: 9780521121026
• ISBN10: 0521121027
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

An international team of leading researchers and clinicians provides the first comprehensive, epidemiological overview of this multi-faceted and still-perplexing disorder. Controversial issues such as the validity of discrete or dimensional classifications of schizophrenia and the continuum between psychosis and 'normality' are explored in depth. Separate chapters are devoted to topics of particular relevance to schizophrenia such as suicide, violence and substance abuse. Finally, new prospects for treatment and prevention are considered.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

The Social Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Introduction

Investigating socio-environmental influences in schizophrenia: conceptual and design issues

Geographical variation in incidence, course and outcome in schizophrenia: a comparison of developing and developed countries

Temporal variation in the incidence, course and outcome of schizophrenia

Urbanisation, migration and risk of schizophrenia

The Developmental Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Introduction

Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia

Childhood development and later schizophrenia: evidence from genetic high risk and birth cohort studies

Prodrome, onset and early course of schizophrenia

The value of first-episode studies of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia at the extremes of life

The Genetic Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Introduction

The 'classical' genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia

Molecular genetics and epidemiology in schizophrenia: a necessary partnership

Gene-environment correlation and interaction in schizophrenia

Investigating gene-environment interaction in schizophrenia using neuroimaging

Special Issues in the Epidemiology of Schizophrenia: Introduction

Mortality and physical illness in schizophrenia

The clinical epidemiology of suicide in schizophrenia

What is the relationship between substance abuse and schizophrenia?

Criminal and violent behaviour in schizophrenia

Future Directions and Emerging Issues: Introduction

Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia: categories vs dimensions, distributions vs disease

The implications of epidemiology for service planning in schizophrenia

Prevention of schizophrenia - not an impossible dream

Glossary

Index

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