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The origins and course of common mental disorders / David Goldberg and Ian Goodyer.

By: Goldberg, David P.
Contributor(s): Goodyer, Ian M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: xvi, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1583919600 (pbk.); 9781583919606; 9781583919590.Subject(s): Psychiatric epidemiology | Mental illness -- Epidemiology | Mental illness -- Etiology | Mental Disorders -- etiology | Health and Wellbeing | Mental Disorders -- prevention & control | Psychology | Clinical psychology | Psychotherapy | PsychiatryDDC classification: 616.89 GOL
Contents:
Competing models for common mental disorders -- The distribution of common mental disorders -- Genes and environment -- The brain, neurochemical codes and immunity -- Infancy -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adult life and old age -- Destabilisation: the emergence and release of common mental disorders -- Restitution -- Synthesis: vulnerability, destabilisation and restitution -- Prevention of common mental disorders.
Summary: 'The Origins of Common Mental Disorders' describes the nature, characteristics and causes of common emotional and behavioural disorders across the lifespan, providing a clear and concise account of recent advances in our knowledge of the origins and history of anxious, depressive and behavioural disorders.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Why are some people more vulnerable to common mental disorders than others?

What effects do genes and environments exert on the development of mental disorders?

The Origins and Course of Common Mental Disorders describes the nature, characteristics and causes of common emotional and behavioural disorders as they develop across the lifespan, providing a clear and concise account of recent advances in our knowledge of the origins and history of anxious, depressive, anti-social, and substance related disorders.

Combining a lifespan approach with developments in neurobiology, this book describes the epidemiology of emotional and behavioural disorders in childhood, adolescence and adult life. David Goldberg and Ian Goodyer demonstrate how both genes and environments exert different but key effects on the development of these disorders and suggest a developmental model as the most appropriate for determining vulnerabilities for psychopathology. Divided into four sections, the book covers:

the nature and distribution of common mental disorders
the biological basis of common disorders
the human life cycle relevant to common disorders
the developmental model.

This highly readable account of the origins of emotional and behavioural disorders will be of interest to behavioural science students and all mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and counsellors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-221) and indexes.

Competing models for common mental disorders -- The distribution of common mental disorders -- Genes and environment -- The brain, neurochemical codes and immunity -- Infancy -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adult life and old age -- Destabilisation: the emergence and release of common mental disorders -- Restitution -- Synthesis: vulnerability, destabilisation and restitution -- Prevention of common mental disorders.

'The Origins of Common Mental Disorders' describes the nature, characteristics and causes of common emotional and behavioural disorders across the lifespan, providing a clear and concise account of recent advances in our knowledge of the origins and history of anxious, depressive and behavioural disorders.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of figures (p. vii)
  • List of tables (p. viii)
  • Foreword (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xv)
  • Part I The nature and distribution of common mental disorders (p. 1)
  • 1 Competing models for common mental disorders (p. 3)
  • 2 The distribution of common mental disorders (p. 16)
  • Part II The biological basis of common disorders (p. 33)
  • 3 Genes and environment (p. 35)
  • 4 The brain, neurochemical codes and immunity (p. 49)
  • Part III The human life cycle relevant to common disorders (p. 73)
  • 5 Infancy (p. 75)
  • 6 Childhood (p. 92)
  • 7 Adolescence (p. 110)
  • 8 Adult life and old age (p. 128)
  • Part IV The model proposed (p. 139)
  • 9 Destabilisation: The emergence and release of common mental disorders (p. 141)
  • 10 Restitution (p. 162)
  • 11 Synthesis: Vulnerability, destabilisation and restitution (p. 168)
  • 12 Prevention of common mental disorders (p. 182)
  • References (p. 190)
  • Index (p. 223)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Goldberg is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Ian Goodyer is Foundation Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge