Diagnosis, Classification, and Differential Diagnosis of the Mood Disorders Gordon Parker Introduction Varying expressions of mood disorders make for difficulties in definition, diagnosis, and classification. DSMIV and ICD10 formal classifications…
Clinical Features of Mood Disorders and Mania Per Bech Introduction The clinical features of mood disorders are dimensional, i.e. distributed according to their severity.(1) The categorical approach as manifested in…
Introduction to Mood Disorders John R. Geddes Mood and disorders of mood The concept of mood is difficult to define. In psychiatry, it has come to mean a pervasive emotional…
Persistent Delusional Symptoms and Disorders Alistair Munro Introduction Delusional disorder (DSM-IV 297.1 and ICD-10 F22)(1,2) is a psychotic illness with some superficial resemblances to schizophrenia from which, however, it is…
Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorders J. Garrabé F.-R. Cousin Historic introduction Acute and transient psychotic episodes have been described since the end of the nineteenth century. Descriptions have varied from…
Schizoaffective and Schizotypal Disorders Ming T. Tsuang William S. Stone Stephen V. Faraone Introduction This chapter focuses on two disorders in the schizophrenia ‘spectrum’: schizoaffective disorder and schizotypal personality disorder….
Treatment and Management of Schizophrenia D. G. Cunningham Owens E. C. Johnstone Introduction Historically, there was no shortage of interventions to ‘treat’ insanity, and later, schizophrenia. Most were palliative, barely…
Course and Outcome of Schizophrenia and Their Prediction Assen Jablensky Introduction The course of schizophrenia is as variable as its symptoms. Systematic investigations of course of the psychoses were initiated…
Epidemiology of Schizophrenia Assen Jablensky Introduction Epidemiological research into schizophrenia aims to answer four essential questions. What is the ‘true’ population frequency of the disorder in various populations and how…
