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  • Dementiaby Mario Maj; Norman Sartorius

    Wiley 2003; US$ 92.00

    Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under-diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and... more...

  • Schizophreniaby Mario Maj; Norman Sartorius

    Wiley 2003; US$ 92.00

    This series acknowledges the substantial gap that still exists in psychiatry between research evidence and clinical practice: clinicians are sometimes incompletely aware of research findings, or regard them as biased, not convincing or not relevant to their practice. By using systematic reviews with accompanying commentaries this volume is able to... more...

  • Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illnessby Norman Sartorius; Hugh Schulze

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 68.00

    This book details the results of the Open Doors Programme, begun in 1996 by the WPA, to fight the stigma and discrimination attached to mental illness. It provides recommendations and guidance for those seeking to join this international effort or start similar efforts. more...

  • Ethics in Psychiatryby Hanfried Helmchen; Norman N. Sartorius

    Springer 2010; US$ 179.99

    "Ethics in Psychiatry" presents a comprehensive review of ethical issues arising in psychiatric care and research; relates ethical issues to changes and challenges of society; examines the application of general ethics to specific psychiatric problems and relates these to moral implications of psychiatry practice; deals with recently arising... more...

  • Depressive Disordersby Mario Maj; Norman Sartorius

    Wiley 2003; US$ 92.00

    From Chapter 1 "Depression, like many other mental disorders, is characterised by the presence of a number of symptoms which are changeable over time." Among these symptoms are a depressed mood and a loss of interest; physical and cognitive changes may also occur. Because of difficulties in diagnosis (and varied criteria) only estimates in the global... more...

  • Health and Behaviourby David Hamburg; Norman Sartorius

    Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 49.00

    This book is an important contribution to the understanding of the relationship between health and behaviour. more...

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorderby Mario Maj; Norman Sartorius; Ahmed Okasha; Joseph Zohar

    Wiley 2003; US$ 92.00

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder is probably the psychiatric disorder for which most significant progress has been made on the last 20 years concerning pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic interventions. A number of studies have shown that OCD is much more prevalent than previously thought, occurring in an estimated 2% of the adult population around the... more...

  • Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatryby Ahmed Okasha; Julio Arboleda-Florez; Norman Sartorius

    American Psychiatric Publishing 2008; US$ 76.00

    Ethics, Culture, and Psychiatry: International Perspectives is much more than just a book on ethics -- it is a major contribution to understanding the impact of culture and history on the ethical practice of medicine around the world. more...

  • Recovery from Schizophreniaby Kim Hopper; Glynn Harrison; Aleksandar Janca; Norman Sartorius

    Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 94.99

    In the late 1960s, the World Health Organization initiated a series of international studies of the incidence, characteristics, course, and consequences of schizophrenia. Those studies - the largest ever in the history of psychiatry - provided important data about the disorder in groups of patients living in different countries and cultures, and first... more...

  • Depressive Disordersby Helen Herrman; Mario Maj; Norman Sartorius

    Wiley 2009; US$ 109.95

    Depressive disorders have profound social and economic consequences, owing to the suffering and disability they cause. They often occur together with somatic illness which worsens the prognosis of both. Prevention, detection and optimal treatment of these disorders are therefore of great clinical and economic importance. This edition of the first title... more...