The Concept of Schizophrenia: Historical Perspectives

By John Howells

From the effort of an international group of historical researchers - Italian, German, Canadian, American and British - this book draws conclusions of importance to contemporary psychiatry, both in research and practice. areas of research. In the first, the concept of schizophrenia is traced from the classical period up to the present. An additional related chapter describes the history of the concept of childhood schizophrenia. The reader will learn whether the condition that we term schizophrenia today existed in former times. Views held on etiology, nosology, symptomatology and treatment are discussed. Of special interest are clinical and research insights over a time span of approximately 4000 years. The second area of research explores the history of the psychodynamics of schizophrenia as to its possible etiology in adult or family psychopathology. A brief chapter in this section also considers the attempts at psychotherapy of the condition by a distinguished group of early psychotherapists. The authors question whether there is a psychodynamics of schizophrenia and discuss the insights that sping from this field of inquiry. historical research can be of value to contemporary clinical practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880481080
• ISBN13: 9780880481083
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"