The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Schizophrenia

Download or read book The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Schizophrenia written by John L. Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical update and synthesis of contemporary evidence for schizophrenia as a brain disease of early, neurodevelopmental origin; it does this through contributions from leading authorities in this field who work at multiple levels of biological and epidemiological enquiry. The work seeks both to integrate this evolving body of evidence and to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the neurodevelopmental model.