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| View Larger Image | Schizophrenia Revealed: From Neurons to Social Interactions
by Michael Foster Green
| | List Price: | $19.95 | | Price: | $13.57 | | You Save: | $6.38 (32%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 277044 | | Studio: | W. W. Norton & Company | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 224 | | Publication Date: | May 15, 2003 | | Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
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Book Description
A modern view of schizophrenia based on neuroscience that goes far beyond the symptoms of the illness. "Green has lifted the bar in this realm of explanatory neuroscience-based psychiatry. If you wish to read an enjoyable and instructive primer on what we know about schizophrenia at the beginning of the 21st century, you could do no better than to choose Schizophrenia Revealed." —New England Journal of Medicine |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 8 reviews)
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Eloquent and Insightful 
Green is in an expert in the area of neurocognition, a concept that he explains with clarity and humor in this wonderfully written book. For instance he describes one neurocognitive test (startle blink or PPI: p. 116) as a procedure that "can be used aross an entire mammalian spectrum from mice to rats to college sophomores". He goes on to explain why this test is an important research tool for schizophrenia.
Green presents a well reasoned argument that underlying neurocognitive deficits are the key factor causing disability (functional impairment) in schizophrenia due to their links to poor social skills for example. He advocates both for new drugs to address the neurocognitve deficits and training and therapy to address neurocognitive deficits, social skills, and functional impairment. Green is optimistic that combining these approaches will lead to better lives for those living with schizophrenia. While he is primarily a neuroscientist, Green uses excellent examples ranging from the biblical Nebuchadrezzar to long-term psychiatric case studies to illustrate the important social aspects of good outcomes for schizophrenia.
In conclusion (p 167) he states: "Fundamentally, schizophrenia is an illness of disrupted neural connections and these problems in connections lead to neurocognitive deficits. The neurocognitive deficits, among other factors lead to functional impairment and its striking disability. In addition the illness has characteristic symptoms (psychotic, negative, and disorganized) during the active phase that are the focus of treatment. Though the scope of the explanation is sweeping ranging from neurons to social interactions, there is nothing particularly mysterious about this formulation."
The discussion of technical details of neurocognitive tests such as functional MRI and PET brain imaging veers into the highly technical; this will be challenging though informative for readers with less medical-technical background. Overall, you should read this book for the breadth of insight and balanced approach to treatment that Green presents here.
March 08, 2008 | |
A bit too technical for me 
I was just looking for a layman's book on schizophrenia. This one is just too technical for me.
January 11, 2007 | |
Schizophrenia
This book was an excellent review of schizophrenia and I recommend it to anyone interested in gaining general knowledge about this severe mental disorder.
March 27, 2006 | |
Great read
This book is very informative. It presents neurodevelpmental, genetic, neurocognitive, and brain imaging insights in recent schizophrenia research. Evidence suggests that schizophrenics may have smaller brains and larger cavities in their brains. Also they experience neurocognive deficits particularly in social situations, which partially explains the finding that they have trouble maintaining continuous employment.
March 12, 2006 | |
well-written and informative
Schizoprenia Revealed is a well-written and informative book about this often misunderstood illness. Michael Foster Green gives us some insight into some possible causes, what's physically going on at the neuronal level, the social and functional issues, the various treatments over the last century and much more. The content flows well and should be able to be understood by laypersons and professionals alike. It is not filled with incomprehensible jargon but is descriptive enough to convey the science behind the illness, it's research and treatments etc. I recommend this book to anyone who suffers from Schizoprenia, patient's families and anyone who is interested in learning more about the illness.
October 26, 2005 | |
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