Schizotypy and schizophrenia
Subtitle: the view from experimental psychopathology
By: by Mark F. Lenzenweger
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781606238677; 9781606238653
Subjects: Psychopathology; Schizophrenic Psychology; Psychology; Schizophrenics; Methods; Mental Illness; Schizophrenia; Schizotypal personality disorder; Medicine; Pathology; Experimental Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY
Description: This compelling book argues that all people with schizophrenia share a personality organization known as schizotypy. Presented is a novel framework for understanding schizophrenia through the study of individuals who may never develop the disorder, but who nonetheless harbor a liability for it. Mark F. Lenzenweger comprehensively reviews current knowledge about schizotypy while exploring broader questions of how to think about and conduct psychopathology research, making the book useful and relevant for both researchers and students. He demonstrates state-of-the-art strategies for combining cl.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-434) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the machine; title: The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : reliability, validity, and how we collect data; title: The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : practical tools and pragmatic issues; title: The experimental psychopathologist's toolbox : analytic heuristics, caveats, and soapbox moments; title: Recognizing the schizotype; title: Begin with a model; title: Genetics, genomics, phenotypes, and endophenotypes : the challenge of complex disease; title: Probing the central neurocognitive endophenotypes; title: Motion and touch : simpler may be better; title: The schizotype through time; title: Now, just what about this "type" business in "schizotype"?