Recent Advances in Schizophrenia

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Schizophrenia: Historical Perspectives....Pages 3-23
On the Concept of Schizophrenia....Pages 25-57
Modular Disjunction in Schizophrenia: A Framework for a Pathological Psychophysiology....Pages 59-80
Meaning of Structural Changes in the Brain in Schizophrenia....Pages 81-94
Conceptual Approaches to the Study of Schizophrenia....Pages 95-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Risk Factors in Schizophrenia: Interaction Between Genetic Liability and Environmental Factors....Pages 117-129
The Role of Molecular Genetics in Psychiatry: Unraveling the Etiology for Schizophrenia....Pages 131-161
Diagnostic Advances in Anatomical and Functional Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia....Pages 163-189
Risk Factors and Prevention in Schizophrenia....Pages 191-212
Psychosocial Interventions in Schizophrenia....Pages 213-234
Clozapine: Mechanism of Action in Relation to its Clinical Advantages....Pages 237-256
Psychopharmacologic Treatment of Schizophrenia....Pages 257-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Current Perspectives in the United States on the Chronically Mentally Ill....Pages 279-295
Policy on Chronic Mental Illness in Canada: Current Status and Future Directions....Pages 297-314
Psychiatric Reform in Italy: Implications for the Treatment of Long-Term Schizophrenic Patients....Pages 315-329
Mental Health Services and New Research in England: Implications for the Community Management of Schizophrenia....Pages 331-351
Delivery Systems for the Care of Schizophrenic Patients in Africa—Sub-Sahara....Pages 353-371
Delivery Systems and Research for Schizophrenia in China....Pages 373-395
Back Matter....Pages 397-416