Recovery from Schizophrenia: an International Perspective A Report from the WHO Collaborative Project, the International Study of Schizophrenia

Name: Recovery from Schizophrenia: an International Perspective A Report from the WHO Collaborative Project, the International Study of Schizophrenia
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ISBN: 9780195313673

ISBN-10: 0195313674

ISBN-13: 9780195313673

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kim Hopper, Glynn Harrison, Aleksandar Janca, Norman Sartorius

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This book is a report of the findings of the International Study of Schizophrenia (ISoS), itself an outgrowth of several epidemiological studies coordinated by the World Health Organization between 1966 and 1997 to investigate variations in the course and outcome of severe mental illness worldwide. Specifically focused on the experience of and recovery patterns in schizophrenic disorders, the investigation occurred in 14 countries in both the developed and developing world. The bulk of the volume consists of portraits of individual field research centers in each country and reports on the outcomes of these centers' schizophrenic patients. The "portrait chapters" are flanked by introductory…

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 10.00" wide x 7.28" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English




Twenty-five years of WHO-coordinated activities concerned with schizophrenia




Study methodology




An overview of course and outcome in ISoS




Predictors of long-term course and outcome for the DOSMeD cohort




Long-term diagnostic stability in international cohorts of persons with schizophrenia and related psychoses




Long-term mortality experience of international cohorts of persons with schizophrenia and related psychoses




Identifying prognostic factors that predict recovery in the presence of loss to follow-up




IPSS : Agra, India




IPSS : Cali, Colombia




IPSS : Prague, Czech Republic




Chandigarh, India




Dublin, Ireland




Honolulu, Hawai'i




Moscow, Russia




Nagasaki, Japan




Nottingham, U.K.




Rochester, New York




Groningen, The Netherlands




Mannheim, Germany




Sofia, Bulgaria




Beijing, China




Hong Kong




Chennai (Madras), India