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Author: Tsuang, Ming T. (EDT)/ Stone, William S. (EDT)/ Lyons, Michael J. (EDT)
Isbn 13: 9781585623082
ISBN: 1585623083
Pub Date: Feb 28, 2007
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishin
Shipping Weight: 1.72 pounds
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Recognizing that favorable clinical outcomes are associated with earlier initiation of treatment-and even more ideally with prevention-this volume addresses the current status of early intervention in, and prevention of, major mental and substance use disorders. A team of distinguished participants addresses this problem at many levels-from the DNA molecule to public policy-in order to show how prevention efforts should be informed by a better understanding of etiology and by a knowledge of indicators of vulnerability. In considering the current standing of etiological knowledge, Recognition and Prevention of Major Mental and Substance Use Disorders addresses issues that are critical precursors to the prevention of mental disorders and offers an understanding of factors that contribute to the disorders' development. The contributors review genetic methodologies and current findings in mental disorders, with an emphasis on schizophrenia, and then show how biological and psychosocial environmental variables may affect vulnerability. Chapters devoted specifically to lessons in prevention drawn from recent research into schizophrenia discuss the implications of prodromal studies and relationships between stress, critical periods, and the development of the disorder. The book includes contributions from NIH representatives on how basic scientific understanding of mental disorders can be translated into public policy. It also features chapters that describe cutting-edge projects in prevention research for Alzheimer's disease, drug dependence, antisocial
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