Classification Of Endogenous Psychoses And Their Differentiated Etiology

Author : Karl Leonhard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709163714
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and their Differentiated Etiology written by Karl Leonhard and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on sophisticated clinical descriptions and characteristic symptom patters occurring during the long-term course of psychiatric diseases, Leonhards classification requires that all the clinical features fit for a diagnosis to be made. Always using his own life-long case studies, Leonhard divided the endogenous psychoses into five main nosological groups: on the one hand, the prognostically favourable unipolar affective psychoses, bipolar affective psychoses and cycloid psychoses, and, on the other hand, the prognostically unfavourable unsystematic and systematic schizophrenia. In the meantime, the reliability and validity of this classification have been confirmed by scientific studies and early results provide guidelines for the different origins and varied therapeutic approaches for the specific disease profiles.

Author : Karl Leonhard
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3112706951
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Classification of Endogenous Psychoses written by Karl Leonhard and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 1979-12-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "The Classification of Endogenous Psychoses".

Author : Karl Leonhard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783709163726
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classification of Endogenous Psychoses and Their Differentiated Etiology written by Karl Leonhard and published by . This book was released on 1999-08-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Helmut Beckmann
Publisher : S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
ISBN 13 : 9783805553735
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leonhard Classification of Endogenous Psychoses written by Helmut Beckmann and published by S. Karger AG (Switzerland). This book was released on 1990 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernst Franzek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709163536
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychoses of the Schizophrenic Spectrum in Twins written by Ernst Franzek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contradictory results in schizophrenia research are generally explained as being due to genetic heterogeneity and multiple factor heredity in relationship to manifold environmental factors. The book reports a short overview of all relevant twin studies on schizophrenic psychoses and provides data and case histories on a systematic twin study based on a polydiagnostic approach carried out by two independently working psychiatrists. In addition to the internationally applied operational diagnostic systems of DSM-III-R and ICD 10 Leonhard’s subclassification of schizophrenic psychoses was used. Up to now this sophisticated methodological approach is unique in the world. The data provide strong evidence that the spectrum of psychoses with schizophrenic and schizophrenia-like symptoms is not a continuum of diseases. At least in Leonhard’s three major groups of cycloid psychoses, unsystematic schizophrenias and systematic schizophrenias genetic, somatic and psycho-social factors play a completely different etiological role. Cycloid psychoses and systematic schizophrenias are predominantly caused by "environmental” factors. In unsystematic schizophrenias, however, genetic predisposition is the main etiological factor and environmental factors are subordinate.

Author : Stanley N. Caroff
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 1585627127
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catatonia written by Stanley N. Caroff and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 20th century, catatonia all but dropped off the agenda of mainstream psychiatric research. However, several dedicated research groups, represented in this volume, continued to report original data highlighting catatonia as a relevant and ideal subject for clinical study. This book, which exemplifies the unparalleled breadth of the knowledge gained, will benefit clinicians managing catatonic phenomena as well as researchers interested in pursuing further investigations. This book covers in great detail the psychopathology and neurobiology of catatonia, focusing on the history, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of the disorder. This comprehensive volume Offers a wide representation of the historical and worldwide literature on the many variants of catatonia in a single, well-organized text. Includes work presented by the original investigators, many of whom work outside the United States and have had their previous studies published only in non-English journals. Covers alternative opinions and perspectives on catatonia, contributing novel and illuminating perspectives on the syndrome. Addresses areas of controversy -- including disagreements over treatment and the nosologic status of catatonia -- head-on, in a balanced, evidence-based presentation. Balances practical clinical material with the underlying neurobiology, presenting clinical aspects in the context of history, epidemiology, cross-cultural perspectives, and neurobiological findings and highlighting the richness and intellectual attraction of the study of the disorder. Catatonia is unique in offering a diverse, international group of contributors and such a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the clinical and scientific literature, spanning the breadth of contemporary understanding about the nature, meaning, and importance of the syndrome.

Author : Christian Behl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709161894
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Estrogen — Mystery Drug for the Brain? written by Christian Behl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is well known that estrogen is "somehow” a protective hormone for various age-related disorders. This book provides a solid knowledge of estrogen’s neuroprotective activities in the brain with a special emphasis on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease. The focus is (1) to describe the biochemical, molecular, and cellular basis of the protective activity of estrogen and (2) to transfer this knowledge into the hospitals by discussing preventive and therapeutic approaches such as estrogen replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. Besides up-to-date information on estrogen and the brain, this book explains in a highly understandable manner molecular and cellular techniques by which basic data have been collected. The reader, which may include the professional specialist as well as the interested non-specialist, will also gain insight into the scientific transfer process of knowledge from basic science to the clinical situation and therefore "from bench to bed”.

Author : Niels Bergemann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783211404850
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Estrogen Effects in Psychiatric Disorders written by Niels Bergemann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-01-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of studies, mostly focusing on estrogen replacement therapy in women, have reported beneficial actions of these hormones on various neurobiological and neuropathological parameters in health and disease. Recent research has focused on gender differences and there is increasing evidence that estrogens exert protective effects in schizophrenia. Hormonal fluctuations or lack of estrogen may increase the risk of depression among vulnerable women. Treatment of depression with estrogen may stabilize and restore disrupted homeostasis – as during post-partum, premenstrual, or perimenopausal conditions – and act as a psychomodulator to offset vulnerability to dysphoric mood when estrogen levels are significantly decreased, as in the case of postmenopausal women. Studies on the effect of estrogens on Alzheimer’s Disease are still rather controversial, they do, however, facilitate the hypothesis that estrogens may have a modifying effect on the onset and course of AD, at least in subgroups of patients.

Author : David Healy
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801888220
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mania written by David Healy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative history of bipolar disorder illuminates how perceptions of illness, if not the illnesses themselves, are mutable over time. Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania—and the term maniac—in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness. Healy recounts the changing definitions of mania through the centuries, explores the effects of new terminology and growing public awareness of the disease on culture and society, and examines the rise of psychotropic treatments and pharmacological marketing over the past four decades. Along the way, Healy clears much of the confusion surrounding bipolar disorder even as he raises crucial questions about how, why, and by whom the disease is diagnosed. Drawing heavily on primary sources and supplemented with interviews and insight gained over Healy's long career, this lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind's most vexing ailments.

Author : Dirk Marcel Dhossche
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 008046338X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Dirk Marcel Dhossche and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-03-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders is a novel and controversial topic. Catatonia is a motor disorder characterized by stereotypy, rigidity, mutism, and posturing. These motor signs are also characteristic of autism. The interest in the relation between autism and catatonia stems from clinical observations that autistic and catatonic symptoms overlap, that some people with autism develop full-blown catatonia, and that anti-catatonic treatments bring relief in some of those patients. Catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders explores the question of if the two syndromes have a common pathophysiology. It also examines whether the successful treatment of catatonia be applied to patients with both autism and catatonia. The book concludes with blueprints for the assessment, treatment, and future study of catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders. These blueprints aim to increase early recognition and treatment of catatonia in patients with autism, show the urgency of controlled treatment trials and increased collaborative and interdisciplinary research into the co-occurrence of these two enigmatic disorders. Provides a historical perspective of the concepts of catatonia and autism, as described by old European masters like Bleuler and Kalhbaum Presents clinical-epidemiological studies that apply systematic criteria of catatonia in populations with Autism Spectrum Disorders Includes a review of the importance of psychomotor function for normal and abnormal development