Download or read book Early Clinical Intervention and Prevention in Schizophrenia written by William S. Stone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a multidimensional approach to this complex mental disorder, Stone and his co-editors from the Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics stress the identification of risk factors and incipient symptoms for early detection and preventive treatment. The first set of the 17 contributed chapters treats current research and thinking on the genetic, early environmental, and neurological determinants of schizophrenia. Models are then presented for assessing high risk, e.g., the editors' pre-prodromal syndrome. Specific prevention and early intervention protocols, including genetic counseling, are discussed. Finally, molecular medicine's promise for prevention is explored. The CD-ROM contains an e-Book version of the volume. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).