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Adolescent Psychosis
Clinical and Scientific Perspectives
A comprehensive volume on adolescent early-onset psychosis
Ingrid Agartz (Edited by), Runar E. Smelror (Edited by)
9780323898324, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 21 February 2023
366 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg
Adolescent Psychosis: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives presents new methodologies and novel scientific findings, with a comprehensive orientation into the genetics, phenomenology, nosology, and long-term outcome of adolescent early-onset psychosis research. This volume discusses recent epidemiological studies, along with co-morbid aspects associated with other neurodevelopmental syndromes and somatic diseases. The book also provides suggestions for future research using a translational perspective, from genes to the clinic to and relevant phenotypes, biomarkers, treatment options and etiological aspects. Topics discussed bring together expert researchers in the field to represent different perspectives and future possibilities.
1. Introduction to psychotic disorders in adolescence 2. The epidemiology of early-onset psychosis 3. Genetics of psychotic disorders with focus on early-onset psychosis 4. Early risk factors in early-onset psychosis 5. Adolescent psychosis and transdiagnostic delimitations to other clinical syndromes 6. Cognitive functioning in early-onset psychosis 7. The immunopsychiatry of early-onset psychosis 8. Structural brain imaging in early-onset psychosis 9. Functional brain imaging in early-onset psychosis 10. Adolescence as a vulnerable period for psychosis development 11. Current treatment options in early-onset psychosis 12. Long-term development and outcome of early-onset psychosis 13. Ethical considerations and current research practices in adolescent psychosis
Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Physiology [MFG], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]