Clinical Staging in Psychiatry
Making Diagnosis Work for Research and Treatment

Clinical staging is a solution to transform psychiatric diagnosis and improve mental health outcomes.

Patrick D. McGorry (Edited by), Ian B. Hickie (Edited by)

9781108718844, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 August 2019

206 pages, 27 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 6 tables
23.3 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.54 kg

Psychiatric diagnosis is experiencing a crisis of confidence. Current approaches are outmoded, with reform desperately needed. Clinical staging is a solution to this crisis. Clinical staging addresses the limitations of current diagnostic systems by recognising the full continuum or trajectory of mental illness from asymptomatic to chronic illness. It acknowledges the overlap between mental health symptoms during early stages and directly links each stage to treatment and underlying cognitive, neurological and biological changes. This approach enhances chances of early identification, promotes the implementation of safer treatments, and increases opportunities to alter the negative trajectory of mental disorders. This book comprehensively describes the conceptual basis of clinical staging in psychiatry, details current progress in identifying biomarkers for each stage, and explores the implications of staging on treatment and health systems. This book provides a foundation for transformational reform in psychiatric diagnosis.

List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Part I. Conceptual and Strategic Issues: 1. Diagnosis without borders: a pluripotential approach to preventive intervention in emerging mental disorders Patrick D. McGorry
2. Clinical staging and its potential to enhance mental health care Cristina Mei, Patrick D. McGorry and Ian B. Hickie
3. Time for a change: a more dynamic perspective on psychopathology Johanna T. W. Wigman and Stijn de Vos
4. A moving target: how risk for mental disorder can be modelled in dynamic rather than static term Barnaby Nelson, Patrick D. McGorry and Jessica A. Hartmann
Part II. Progress with Clinical Staging: 5. The utility of clinical staging in youth mental health settings: neurobiological and longitudinal data from Sydney-based studies of transdiagnostic cohorts Ian B. Hickie, Joanne S. Carpenter, Frank Iorfino, Elizabeth Scott, Shane Cross and Daniel F. Hermens
6. Neuroimaging and staging: do disparate mental illnesses have distinct neurobiological trajectories? Cali F. Bartholomeusz and Christos Pantelis
7. Staging of cognition in psychiatric illness Kelly Allott
8. Neuroinflammation and staging Bernhard T. Baune
9. Bioactive and inflammatory markers in emerging psychotic disorders Gregor E. Berger
10. Electroencephalography and staging Suzie Lavoie
Part III. Novel Treatment Strategies: 11. Novel treatment strategies: biological Paul Amminger and Maximus Berger
12. Psychosocial interventions for youth mental health Eóin Killackey and Mario Alvarez-Jimenez
Part IV. Translational Aspects: 13. Transforming cultures to enable stage-related care of mental ill health: a youth mental health challenge Patrick D. McGorry, Ian B. Hickie and Shane Cross
14. The quest for clinical utility and construct validity in psychiatric diagnosis Patrick D. McGorry.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH]