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Acute and transient psychoses

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: x, 243 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0521835186
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 200.
Summary: Brief and acute psychotic disorders with a short duration and a generally good prognosis have long intrigued psychiatrists. Although they are included in internationally accepted diagnostic systems, understanding of these disorders remains minimal. This book is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features, biology, course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. The authors review the world literature on the topic and they also present data from their own longitudinal study - the most complete investigation of this group of disorders so far conducted. The book concludes with considerations of the nosological status of brief and acute psychoses and their impact on our understanding of the continuum of psychotic and affective disorders.
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Book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves WM 200 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 024534
Book St Charles Library Hub (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) Shelves WM 200 MAR (2004) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CNWL00845

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief and acute psychotic disorders with a short duration and a generally good prognosis have long intrigued psychiatrists. Although they are included in internationally accepted diagnostic systems, understanding of these disorders remains minimal. This book is the first comprehensive overview of the clinical features, biology, course and long-term outcome of brief and acute psychoses. The authors review the world literature on the topic and they also present data from their own longitudinal study - the most complete investigation of this group of disorders so far conducted. The book concludes with considerations of the nosological status of brief and acute psychoses and their impact on our understanding of the continuum of psychotic and affective disorders.

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