Guide to Assessment Scales in Bipolar Disorder

Second Edition
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-85873-442-2
Verlag: Springer Healthcare Ltd.

Buch, Englisch, 92 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 147 g

A guide to the recent developments in the assessment of bipolar disorder written by respected authors in the field of psychiatry
Written for psychiatrists, clinical researchers, mental health nurses and other healthcare professionals who use rating scales in clinical practice
Provides rating scales that can be used for the systematic evaluation of patients in standard clinical practice
The evidence base in each chapter has been expanded and brought fully up-to-date

Schizophrenia is a chronic disease encompassing a range of symptoms including hallucinations, delusions and social withdrawal. Different measurement tools are utilized to assess the symptoms of schizophrenia. The previous two editions of the Guide to Assessment Scales in Schizophrenia are now outdated and no longer clinically correct so this completely new edition written by a new team of leading clinicians and researchers brings you fully up to date with recent developments.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vieta, Eduard

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Global assessment scales; 3. Detection of bipolar I; 4. Detection of bipolar II; 5. Assessment of depression in bipolar disorder; 6. Assessment of mania in bipolar disorder; 7. Assessment of hypomania; 8. Health-related quality of life assessment in bipolar disorder; 9. Assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder; 10. Assessment of comorbidities; 11. Assessment of functioning; 12. Assessment of suicidality

Über Autor(innen)

Vieta, Eduard
Eduard Vieta is Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of the Bipolar Disorders Program of the Hospital Clinic at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His program is dedicated to providing excellent healthcare for people with bipolar disorder, ducation and research, and has received worldwide recognition. Professor Vieta also serves as Director of Research at the Clinical Institute of Neuroscience at the same institution and has been an invited Professor at Harvard University, Boston, USA.