Women and Schizophrenia
Contributors: David J. Castle (Editor); John McGrath (Editor); Jayashri Kulkarni (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780521786171
Subjects: Psychiatry; Science; Medical / Nursing; Cerebral Physiology; Schizophrenia; Psychology; Medical; Psychopathology - General; Mental Illness; Gender Studies; Medical / Psychiatry; Psychology & Psychiatry / Pathological Psychology; Psychology-Mental Illness; Social Science-Gender Studies; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology
First sentence: This chapter reviews gender differences in the development, organization and degeneration of the human brain, looking also at the behavioural consequences of such gender differences, and attempting to tease apart biological from psychosocial determinants of male and female behaviour and neuropsychological performance.