The Spectrum of Psychotic Disorders

Daryl Fujii works as a clinical neuropsychologist at the Hawaii State Hospital and also has a private practice specializing in forensic neuropsychology. Iqbal Ahmed is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii.

Review of the hardback: 'Why is any of this important? It goes to the heart of questions about diagnosis and treatment … Even though my training years are far behind me, it was very interesting to learn about what we now know, and still don't know, about the brain and illness.' Psychiatric Services

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: is psychosis a neurobiological syndrome? Daryl E. Fujii and Iqbal Ahmed; Part II. Primary Psychotic Disorders: 2. Schizophrenia Gerald Goldstein, Daniel N. Allen and Gretchen L. Haas; 3. Childhood onset schizophrenia Jason Schiffman; 4. Late onset schizophrenia Katerine Osatuke, John W. Kasckow and Somaia Mohamed; 5. Schizoaffective disorder David B. Arciniegas and Daniel J. Abrams; 6. Schizophreniform and brief psychotic disorder Andreas Marneros and Frank Pillman; 7. Delusional disorders Theo Manschrek; Part III. Mood Disorders: 8. Psychosis in bipolar disorder Deborah Yurgelun-Todd; 9. Psychosis in major depression Eric G. Smith, Philip R. Burke, Jessica E. Grogan, Susan E. Frantoni and Anthony J. Rothschild; Part IV. Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders: 10. Psychosis associated with intellectual deficits Nick Bouras and Colin P. Hemmings; 11. Psychosis secondary to velo-cardio-facial syndrome Wendy R. Kates and Wanda Fremont; 12. Psychosis secondary to autism Dirk M. Dhossche; Part V. Central Nervous System Disorders: 13. Psychosis secondary to traumatic brain injury Daryl E. Fujii, Nikki Armstrong and Iqbal Ahmed; 14. Psychosis secondary to epilepsy Perminder Sachdev; 15. Psychosis secondary to cerebral vascular accident James A. Bourgeois; 16. Psychosis secondary to brain tumors Tamara Dolenc and Teresa Rummans; 17. Psychosis secondary to infections Sarah Reading and John T. Little; 18. Psychosis secondary to inflammatory and demyelinating Disease Katherine H. Taber and Robin A. Hurley; Part VI. Substance Abuse and Medications: 19. Psychosis secondary to cannabis abuse Luis Alfonso Nunez Domingo; 20. Psychosis secondary to cocaine abuse Daryl E. Fujii and Erin Y. Sakai; 21. Psychosis secondary to methamphetamine abuse Liz Jacob and William Haning III; 22. Psychosis secondary to medications Junji Takeshita, Diane Thompson and Stephen E. Nicolson; Part VII. Neurodegenerative Disorders: 23. Psychosis secondary to dementia of the Alzheimer's type Robert A. Sweet; 24. Psychosis secondary to Lewy Body Dementia Sasha Ericksen and Debby Tsuang; 25. Psychosis secondary to Parkinson's Disease David L. Sultzer and G. Webster Ross; Part VIII. Sensory Impairments: 26. Psychosis secondary to deafness, blindness, and release hallucinations Suzanne Holroyd; Part IX. Conclusion: 27. Is psychosis and neurobiological syndrome: integration and conclusions Daryl E. Fujii and Iqbal Ahmed.