Published January, 2007
By Adrian Raine, Todd Lencz and Sarnoff A. Mednick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A comprehensive overview of our knowledge of schizotypal personality from leading researchers in the field. This book includes reviews of genetics, neurodevelopment, assessment, psychophysiology, neuropsychology and brain imaging. Seeking to define schizotypal disorder and explore its relationship with schizophrenia, this book is an authoritative resource for clinicians and researchers.

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Published January, 2007
By Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson and Mark Barad
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book analyzes the individual and collective experience of and response to trauma from a wide range of perspectives including basic neuroscience, clinical science, and cultural anthropology. It illustrates the power of an interdisciplinary approach to go beyond the limitations of psychiatry nosology to illuminate the complexities of human suffering.

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Published December, 2006
By B. S. Everitt and Brian S. Everitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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From 'Abcissa' to 'Zygosity determination' - this accessible introduction to the terminology of medical statistics describes more than 1500 terms all clearly explained, illustrated and defined in non-technical language, without any mathematical formulae! A painless guide to the bewildering world of medical statistics for doctors and students alike.

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Published December, 2006
By Kate Loewenthal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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How does religion affect mental health and how does this vary in different societies and cultures? This book examines the religious and cultural influences on a range of psychiatric disorders, including positive states of mind, in order to analyse whether such practices are beneficial or detrimental to mental health.

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Published December, 2006
By Michael Swash and J. Wilden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Weighing restricted budgets against quality of care and treatment success against risks can often prove daunting, particularly when adequate information relating to previous treatment outcomes is hard to find. To facilitate informed decisions, this volume provides both a succinct review and expert advice on the available outcome data relating to most conditions met in neurological practice.

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Published December, 2006
By Graham Thornicroft, Michele Tansella, David Goldberg and G.J. Thornicroft
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is a manual for the evidence-based direction of services towards increased clinical effectiveness. A unique model is described through which a better understanding of mental health services can be developed. The model's wide-ranging practical applications in the diagnosis of service strengths and weaknesses are fully detailed.

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Published December, 2006
By Andrew Eisen and Charles Krieger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's or motor neuron disease, is a degenerative disease of the ageing nervous system. Professor Eisen and Dr Krieger use their research expertise and extensive clinical experience to provide this practical and thought-provoking account.

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Published December, 2006
By William M. Pardridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A comprehensive introduction to the blood-brain barrier and methodology of its study which will be an important information resource for a wide range of medical specialists from researcher to clinician. Advances in both methodology and biology of the blood-brain barrier are detailed in 50 chapters from international authorities.

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Published December, 2006
By Graham Thornicroft, Michael Phelan, Geraldine Strathdee, Alan Langlands and Peter J. Tyrer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry
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A comprehensive overview of our understanding about the provision of emergency mental health services in an era of community-orientated care. Major research findings and theoretical models which will shape future services are described and illustrated from a multidisciplinary and international perspective.

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Published December, 2006
By Donald Metcalf, Nicos Anthony Nicola and Anthony Nicola Nicos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Written by two of the pioneers in the discovery of CSFs, this is a detailed account for cell biologists and clinicians of the colony-stimulating factors (CSFs), their discovery, structure, molecular biology and cellular receptors, their biology in vivo and in vitro and their clinical applications.

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