Why Does Schizophrenia Develop at Late Adolescence?: A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Psychosis

by Chris Harrop and Peter Trower

Governments around the world have given priority to "early intervention", i.e. the early diagnosis and treatment of young adults with psychotic symptoms.

One of the main problems with this approach, is that only a small proportion of these young adults can be expected to go on to develop schizophrenia, yet all the treatment regimes are derived from work with adults who have had full psychotic episodes.

Why Does Schizophrenia Develop at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470848782
• ISBN13: 9780470848784
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.2"