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Title

Water balance in schizophrenia / edited by David B. Schnur and Darrell G. Kirch.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Kirch, Darrell G., 1949-
• Schnur, David B., 1949-

Description

xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

• All clinicians who treat schizophrenic patients will find Water Balance in Schizophrenia an indispensable reference. Whenever possible, the editors provide details regarding methodology and explicit management guidelines. They include a detailed description of an inpatieent polydipsia unit, as well as a comprehensive review of drug treatment.
• The association between disturbances in water balance and schizophrenia has long been recognized and heavily researched. Water Balance in Schizophrenia represents the first attempt to provide clinicians with a consolidated guide to polydipsia-hyponatremia, associated with schizophrenia. Here, some of the foremost experts in the field address a variety of issues pertinent to both researchers and clinicians.

Series Statement

Progress in psychiatry series ; 48

Uniform Title

Progress in psychiatry series ; #48.

Subjects

• Schizophrenia > physiopathology
• Water-Electrolyte Balance
• Water-electrolyte imbalances
• Schizophrenia > Pathophysiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-261) and index.

Contents

• Introduction to the Progress in Psychiatry Series / David Spiegel -- Introduction / David B. Schnur and Darrell G. Kirch -- 1. Overview / W. Victor R. Vieweg -- 2. Special Topics in Water Balance in Schizophrenia / W. Victor R. Vieweg -- 3. Physiology of Thirst / Sebastian P. Grossman -- 4. Cellular Regulation of Water Transport: Role of Plasma Membrane Structure and Function / Sahebarao P. Mahadik, Sukdeb Mukherjee and Hemant S. Kelkar -- 5. Pathophysiology of Fluid Balance Dysregulation in Psychiatric Patients / Morris B. Goldman -- 6. Structural Brain Imaging in Patients With Schizophrenia and Polydipsia-Hyponatremia Syndrome / Ahmed M. Elkashef, Robert A. Leadbetter and Darrell G. Kirch -- 7. Repetitive Behaviors in Chronic Schizophrenia / Daniel J. Luchins and Carla Canuso -- 8. The Polydipsia-Hyponatremia Syndrome and Cognitive Impairment: Pathophysiological Implications / David B. Schnur and Scott Smith --
• 9. Water Intoxication: Neurological Aspects of Acute and Chronic Hyponatremia / Barbara Illowsky Karp -- 10. Management of Polydipsia and Hyponatremia / Robert A. Leadbetter, Michael S. Shutty, Jr., Jon R. Hammersberg, Patricia B. Higgens and Diane Pavalonis -- 11. Pharmacological Approaches to Disturbances in Water Regulation in Severely Mentally Ill Patients / William B. Lawson.

ISBN

0880484853

LCCN

95046598

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries