Published December, 2006
By P. Berner, E. Gabriel, H. Katschnig, W. Kieffer, K. Koehler, G. Lenz and Heinz Katschnig
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First published in 1992 in association with the World Psychiatric Association, this is a comprehensive review of the state of diagnostic criteria for functional psychoses. It will prove invaluable for psychiatric clinicians and scientific investigators who wish to broaden and consolidate their understanding of these complex disorders.

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Published December, 2006
By Tony Jaffa and Brett McDermott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Eating disorders are arguably the most complex mental health problems that a child or adolescent may experience. In this 2006 book, an international team of experts examine the scientific underpinnings, abnormal states, evidence base for treatments, and finally public health issues, including service delivery models and perspectives on prognosis and outcomes.

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Published December, 2006
By Rodney Reznek, Janet Husband and Rodney H. Reznek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Contemporary Issues in Cancer Imaging
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Ovarian cancer is the commonest and most lethal gynaecological malignancy, partly because the majority of patients present with advanced disease. Optimal patient care is best achieved by a multidisciplinary team; imaging plays a pivotal role. Recent developments in imaging need to be understood by all clinicians involved in patient care.

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Published December, 2006
By Steven Matthysse, Francine M. Benes, Deborah L. Levy and Jerome Kagan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Psychopathology, dedicated to the career of Professor Philip Holzman, surveys the matured study of mental disorder, with contributions from prominent scholars in the field. Coverage includes neuroanatomical, developmental, cognitive and genetic factors involved in schizophrenia and other psychoses.

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Published December, 2006
By Colin Jones, Michael Worboys and Charles E. Rosenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Spreading Germs discusses how modern ideas on the bacterial causes of communicable diseases were constructed and spread within the British medical profession in the last third of the nineteenth century. Michael Worboys surveys many existing interpretations of this pivotal moment in modern medicine.

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Published December, 2006
By Jock McCulloch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this history of psychiatry in colonial Africa, Jock McCulloch describes the clinical approaches of well-known European practitioners, including Frantz Fanon and Wulf Sachs. By exploring the association between settler ideology and psychiatric research, this study examines colonial science as a system of knowledge and power.

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Published December, 2006
By Lester K. Little
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Plague was a key factor in the waning of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. In this volume, the first on the subject, twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - history, archaeology, epidemiology, and molecular biology - have produced a comprehensive account of the pandemic's origins, spread, and mortality, as well as its economic, social, political, and religious effects.

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Published December, 2006
By William D. Foulkes, Shirley V. Hodgson, Shirley Hodgson, William Foulkes, Charis Eng, Eamonn Maher and Eamonn R. Maher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis, clinical features and management of inherited disorders conferring cancer susceptibility. This 2006 edition was fully up-dated with more molecular, screening and management information. It covers risk analysis, predictive testing and genetic counselling for individuals with a family history of cancer.

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Published December, 2006
By Jonathan H. Gillard, Martin J. Graves, Jonathan Gillard, Martin Graves, Thomas Hatsukami and Chun Yuan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with carotid disease representing an important contributory risk factor. This book is about the pathogenesis and management of carotid disease with specific focus on the role imaging has to play in the early recognition as well as treatment of the developed condition.

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Published December, 2006
By Neil M. Borden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This is the first atlas to present neurovascular information and images based on catheter 3D rotational angiographic studies.

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