Schizophrenia Revealed: From Neurons to Social Interactions (Norton Professional Books

by Michael Foster Green

For many years, schizophrenia was considered to be a deep and profound mystery. It was generally viewed as unknown and unknowable-beyond the reach of science. In the past ten years, major developments in scientific research have drastically changed the way schizophrenia is viewed. Neuroscience, in particular, has enabled researchers to frame different questions when investigating this illness and we are now coming to a deeper understanding of it.

In this much-needed book, Michael Green, an expert in the neurocognition of schizophrenia, presents an integrated overview of schizophrenia covering a wide range of topics in lively, understandable prose. He outlines a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, discusses neurocognitive indicators of genetic vulnerability, the introduction of a new generation of medications, recent findings from brain imaging, cognitive remediation, and the determinants of functional outcome. He presents a modern view of schizophrenia based on neuroscience that goes far beyond the symptoms of the illness.

Schizophrenia Revealed  gives the reader an important overview of the most recent developments in our understanding of schizophrenia. It will be of interest to clinicians who are trying to understand the neurocognitive constraints acting on their patients, practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, social work, and nursing, as well as family members and students who want to know how our view of this disease has changed in recent years.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Mental Illness, Science

224 pages, Hardcover

First published June 15, 2001

Reviews

[Kevin Maness]

The main reason for the 3-star review is that the book really needs a new edition. It was written in 2001, and it talks about current and upcoming research, and it seems high time to update the book and add discoveries of the last almost 20 years.

I guess that's not really a flaw. I mean, not all books get multiple editions, and I shouldn't fault the book for the limits of time.

Other disappointments are even more mine, and not the author's. As a therapist, I was hoping for more information about psychosocial interventions, and they were briefly covered in part of one chapter. I did appreciate the extensive info on defining the disorder and explaining possible mechanisms and causes. But that won't influence my work with clients with schizoid presentations.

I guess this was a decent start. I'm not sure where to turn next, though, for guidance in working with my schizoid clients.

[Jennifer]

An excellent book that goes into deep details on the various genetic aspects of schizophrenia. It discusses the hereditary background of the disease and the traditional symptoms of the illness. It provides information on both the basic treatments and the specific treatments of schizophrenia, while making the material easy to understand. I thought the data was well presented and really appreciated the work that the author went through to share it with the readers. I found the data on the genetic aspect of schizophrenia to be fascinating and found the book to be very helpful in understanding my daughter’s illness. I highly recommend this book to those who have a loved one that suffers from this brutal disease. It is well worth having it in your library as a reference.

[Joe]

Written by my former boss, it is a very good description and summary of Schizophrenia and its treatments.

[Mcree12]

this is soooo interesting i stay up lated reading it and it is sooo cool...but not in the morbid way.