Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Research: A Resource Manual on Human Subjects Research - Hardcover

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Harold Alan Pincus, M.D., is Professor and Executive Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Senior Scientist and Director of RAND at the University of Pittsburgh Health Research Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology, and Radiology, Vice Chair of Research, and Director of Mental Health, Clinical Research Center, Department of Pychiatry at the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sandy Ferris is Assistant Director of the Office of Research at the American Psychiatric Association in Washington, D.C.

Aus dem Klappentext

Now there is a single resource that puts the many facets of a widely misunderstood disorder in perspective. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Schizophrenia offers broad coverage that encompasses the current state of knowledge of its cause, nature, and treatment. Experts from North America and Europe address the complexity of schizophrenia in a comprehensive volume that leads readers from historical overview and epidemiology to consideration of comorbid conditions. It covers genetic and environmental causes, describes leading theories of schizophrenia, and explores the involvement of abnormal brain circuitry and the results of the latest neuroimaging studies.

As a guide to clinical practice, the book offers timely and informative guidelines for approaching cognitive impairment as a potential psychopharmacological target for treatment, strategies for improving functioning in individuals with social or vocational impairment, an overview of antipsychotic drugs, and a review of proven psychosocial interventions. Clinicians will also find keys to early identification of individuals vulnerable to psychoses, therapeutic approaches for first episodes, and special considerations for treatment of chronic schizophrenia. Squarely confronting this baffling disease, this textbook will serve as a dependable source of knowledge for students, scientists, and clinicians alike.