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Schizophrenia Is a Misdiagnosis: Implications for the DSM-5 and the ICD-11
C. Raymond Lake
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hardcover. Schizophrenia is the most widely known mental illness worldwide, yet new studies suggests it is the same condition as a psychotic bipolar disorder and does not exist as a separate disease. This volume documents and interprets these data to justify eliminating the diagnosis of schizophrenia from the nomenclature. Num Pages: 428 pages, 84 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 820.
Schizophrenia is the most widely known and feared mental illness worldwide, yet a rapidly growing literature from a broad spectrum of basic and clinical disciplines, especially epidemiology and molecular genetics, suggests that schizophrenia is the same condition as a psychotic bipolar disorder and does not exist as a separate disease. The goal is to document and interpret these data to justify eliminating the diagnosis of schizophrenia from the nomenclature. The author reviews the changing diagnostic concepts of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with a historical perspective to clarify how the current conflict over explanations for psychosis has arisen. That two disorders, ... Read more
Schizophrenia is the most widely known and feared mental illness worldwide, yet a rapidly growing literature from a broad spectrum of basic and clinical disciplines, especially epidemiology and molecular genetics, suggests that schizophrenia is the same condition as a psychotic bipolar disorder and does not exist as a separate disease. The goal is to document and interpret these data to justify eliminating the diagnosis of schizophrenia from the nomenclature. The author reviews the changing diagnostic concepts of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with a historical perspective to clarify how the current conflict over explanations for psychosis has arisen. That two disorders, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461418696
SKU
V9781461418696
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About C. Raymond Lake
C. Raymond Lake, M.D., Ph.D., began his research career in biological psychiatry at the NIMH and published data papers on patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Dr. Lake is currently a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Kansas, School of Medicine, in Kansas City, Kansas. His expertise includes Psychoneuropharmacology and bipolar disorder. He has published several pieces recently concluding there is ... Read more
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