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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880481080
• ISBN13: 9780880481083
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 211 Pages