The origins of common mental disorders
Subtitle: vulnerability, destabilisation, and restitution
By: David Goldberg & Ian Goodyer.
Contributors: Goodyer, Ian M.
Publisher: Routledge; Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hove, East Sussex; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Psychiatric epidemiology; Mental illness -- Etiology; Mental Disorders -- etiology; Mental Disorders -- prevention & control
Description: 'The Origins of Common Mental Disorders' describes the nature, characteristics and causes of common emotional and behavioural disorders across the lifespan, providing a clear and concise account of recent advances in our knowledge of the origins and history of anxious, depressive and behavioural disorders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Competing models for common mental disorders; title: The distribution of disorders in the community; title: Genes and environment; title: The brain, neuro-chemical codes and immunity; title: Infancy; title: Childhood; title: Adolescence; title: Adult life and old age; title: Destabilisation; title: Restitution; title: Synthesis: vulnerability, destabilisation & restitution; title: The prevention of common mental disorders.