Vulnerability to Psychosis : from Neurosciences to Psychopathology.

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Early clinical intervention in psychosis is now a major objective of mental health services and the development of specialist intervention services has greatly facilitated research on the early phases of this disorder. In this book, contributors provide a review of the neurobiological research in pe...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fusar-Poli, Paolo
Other Authors: Borgwardt, Stefan J., McGuire, Philip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Series:Maudsley series.
Subjects:
Mental illness.
Nervous system > Diseases > Complications.
Psychoses > Physiological aspects.
Mental Disorders
Nervous system > Diseases > Complications.
Psychoses > Physiological aspects.
Maladies mentales.
mental disorders.
Mental illness
Nervous system > Diseases > Complications
Psychoses > Physiological aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Maudsley Series: Vulnerability to Psychosis: From Neurosciences to Psychopathology; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Neuroscience, continua and the prodromal phaseof psychosis; 3. Defining the risk for psychosis: Can neurosciencehelp psychopathology?; 4. Genetic determinants of the vulnerability to psychosis: Findings from twin studies; 5. Stress and cortisol in the pre-psychotic phases; 6. Neurocognitive indicators of high-risk states for psychosis; 7. Grey matters: Mapping the transition to psychosis.
  • 8. Functional MRI in prodromal psychosis9. Glutamate: Gateway to psychosis?; 10. Does dopamine start the psychotic "fire"?; 11. Neurophysiological alterations in the pre-psychotic phases; 12. Stigma in early stages of psychotic illness: Connections with cognitive neuroscience; 13. Conclusions; Index.

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