Schizo-Obsessive Disorder

This is the first book to address the clinical and neurobiological interface between schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There is growing evidence that obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia are prevalent, persistent and characterized by a distinct pattern of familial inheritance, neurocognitive deficits and brain activation. This text provides guidelines for differential diagnosis of schizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and patients with primary OCD alongside poor insight, psychotic features or schizotypal personality. Written by a leading expert in the coexistence of obsessive-compulsive and schizophrenic phenomena, Schizo-Obsessive Disorder uses numerous case studies to present diagnostic guidelines and to describe a recommended treatment algorithm, demystifying this complex disorder and aiding its effective management. The book is essential reading for psychiatrists, neurologists and the wider range of multidisciplinary mental health practitioners.

Author: Michael Poyurovsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/17/2013
Pages: 245
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781107000124

About the Author
Poyurovsky, Michael: - Michael Poyurovsky is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.