Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences
Schizophrenia, described by Karl Jaspers "the enigma of humani­ ty itself;' has lost little of its enigmatic quality despite intensive research efforts alI over the world. Indeed, the results of in­ numerable neurobiological, psychological, and psychoanalytic studies have furthered confusion rather than an understanding of the issues. The split, rooted in the tradition of the last century, between those studying the "psyche" and those more interested in "organic" explanations continues to grow wider. National and in­ ternational classification schemes, ever being revised and ever in need of further revision, are but a last helpless attempt to stern the tide of confusion. In view of the many and complex factors involved in the etiology of schizophrenia, it is very tempting to seek relief in one-dimen­ sional explanatory models. But too often, having developed such a model, one becomes inclined to shut one eye or the other (or both?) and entrench oneself in what appears to be afirm, unshak­ able position. It therefore seemed time to step aside and take sk of the present focuses of research and scientific viewpoints, to try and see whether it might be possible to build bridges between the various lines of research into and theories about the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences
Schizophrenia, described by Karl Jaspers "the enigma of humani­ ty itself;' has lost little of its enigmatic quality despite intensive research efforts alI over the world. Indeed, the results of in­ numerable neurobiological, psychological, and psychoanalytic studies have furthered confusion rather than an understanding of the issues. The split, rooted in the tradition of the last century, between those studying the "psyche" and those more interested in "organic" explanations continues to grow wider. National and in­ ternational classification schemes, ever being revised and ever in need of further revision, are but a last helpless attempt to stern the tide of confusion. In view of the many and complex factors involved in the etiology of schizophrenia, it is very tempting to seek relief in one-dimen­ sional explanatory models. But too often, having developed such a model, one becomes inclined to shut one eye or the other (or both?) and entrench oneself in what appears to be afirm, unshak­ able position. It therefore seemed time to step aside and take sk of the present focuses of research and scientific viewpoints, to try and see whether it might be possible to build bridges between the various lines of research into and theories about the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences

Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences

by Christian Eggers (Editor)
Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences

Schizophrenia and Youth: Etiology and Therapeutic Consequences

by Christian Eggers (Editor)

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Schizophrenia, described by Karl Jaspers "the enigma of humani­ ty itself;' has lost little of its enigmatic quality despite intensive research efforts alI over the world. Indeed, the results of in­ numerable neurobiological, psychological, and psychoanalytic studies have furthered confusion rather than an understanding of the issues. The split, rooted in the tradition of the last century, between those studying the "psyche" and those more interested in "organic" explanations continues to grow wider. National and in­ ternational classification schemes, ever being revised and ever in need of further revision, are but a last helpless attempt to stern the tide of confusion. In view of the many and complex factors involved in the etiology of schizophrenia, it is very tempting to seek relief in one-dimen­ sional explanatory models. But too often, having developed such a model, one becomes inclined to shut one eye or the other (or both?) and entrench oneself in what appears to be afirm, unshak­ able position. It therefore seemed time to step aside and take sk of the present focuses of research and scientific viewpoints, to try and see whether it might be possible to build bridges between the various lines of research into and theories about the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia.

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ISBN-13: 9783540524854
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date: 09/23/1991
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

I Aetiological Models.- Basic Concepts.- Concepts of Schizophrenia: Current Developments and Future Perspectives.- Affect Logic and Schizophrenia.- Stimulus Barrier Model of Schizophrenia: Convergence of Neurobiological and Developmental-Psychological Factors.- Risk Studies.- Adoption Studies on Schizophrenia.- Fetal Neural Development and Adult Schizophrenia.- Childhood Development and Schizophrenia.- Neurobiological Models.- Schizophrenia, Second-Order Representation and the Brain.- Morphological Disturbances in the Brains of Schizophrenics.- Impairment of Perception and Recognition of Faces, Facial Expression and Gestures in Schizophrenic Children and Adolescents.- Signs of Differential Stimulus Processing Problems: A Comment on Event-Related Potentials in Young Schizophrenic and Autistic Subjects.- II Therapeutic Approaches.- Individual Psychotherapy.- New Insights in the Psychotherapy of Adolescent Schizophrenics.- Family Therapy.- The Systemic Approach to the Therapy of Schizophrenia.- The Development of Boundary Disturbances in Families with a Schizophrenic Adolescent.- Systems Consultation for Psychosis: A Biopsychosocial Integration of Systemic and Psychoeducational Approaches.- Pharmacotherapy.- Current Status and Perspectives of Pharmacotherapeutic Research Related to Schizophrenic Psychoses.- Pharmacotherapy of Schizophrenia in Childhood and Adolescence.
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