Recovery from Schizophrenia
An international perspective - A report from the WHO Collaborative Project, The International Study of Schizophrenia
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 March 2007
- ISBN 9780195313673
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages392 pages
- Size 185x254x25 mm
- Weight 828 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 line drawings, numerous tables 0
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Short description:
This book is a report of the findings of the International Study of Schizophrenia (ISoS), Focusing on variations in the course and outcome of schizophrenic disorders in patients worldwide, the investigation covers 14 countries in both the developed and developing world. Some of the most significant conclusions are that while recovery from schizophrenia is a struggle for many patients, it is possible to achieve in terms of improved daily function and that, with appropriate treatment, schizophrenia has a favourable outcome for a significant portion of those afflicted with it.
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This book is a report of the findings of the International Study of Schizophrenia (ISoS), Focusing on variations in the course and outcome of schizophrenic disorders, the investigation covers 14 countries in both the developed and developing world. The bulk of the volume consists of portraits of individual field research centres in each country and reports on the outcomes of these centres' schizophrenic patients. The "portrait chapters" are flanked by introductory and synoptic chapters laying out both the genealogy and design of ISoS and synthesising its major findings. Of these, the most significant conclusions: that while recovery from schizophrenia is a struggle for many patients, it is possible to achieve in terms of improved daily function and quality of life and that, with appropriate and sustained treatment, schizophrenia is largely an episodic disorder that has a favourable outcome for a significant portion of those afflicted with it. The book also includes extensive tables that present the research data, permitting further independent analysis.
Recovery from Schizophrenia is unique - there is virtually nothing like it in the contemporary field of cross-cultural psychiatric epidemiology, and the massive, multinational investigations upon which it is based are not likely to be replicated any time soon in the area of mental illness. As such, this book will be a unique resource for mental health professionals, practitioners, and researchers worldwide, providing an empirically based reason for hope in the long run for persons living with schizophrenia.
...[this book] represents an important 'narrative of hope' that adds to the emerging sense of optimism and the improved understanding of one of our most challenging and complex mental illnesses.
Table of Contents:
Part I. Background
Twenty-five Years of WHO: Coordinated Activities Concerned with Schizophrenia
Study Methodology
Part II. Findings
An Overview of Course and Outcome in ISoS
Predictors of Long-Term Course and Outcome for the DOSMeD Cohort
Long-Term Diagnostic Stability in International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses
Long-Term Mortality Experience of International Cohorts of Persons with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses
Identifying Prognostic Factors That Predict Recovery in the Prescence of Loss to Follow-Up
Part III. The Centers
Section III.B International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia (IPSS)
IPSS: Agra, India
IPSS: Cali, Columbia
IPSS: Prague, Czech Republic
Section III.B Determinants of Outcome of Severe Mental Disorder (DISMeD)
Chandigarh, India
Dublin, Ireland
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Moscow, Russia
Nagasaki, Japan
Nottingham, UK
Rochester, New York
Section III.C Reduction and Assessment of Psychiatric Disability (RAPyD or Disability)
Groningen, Netherlands
Mannheim, Germany
Sofia, Bulgaria
Section III.D Retrospective Analysis (RA)/Invited Centers
Beijing, China
Hong Kong
Chennai (Madras), India
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