Why Does Schizophrenia Develop at Late Adolescence: A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Psychosis

243 Pages·2003·12.95 MB·English

by  Chris Harrop

WHY DOES SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEVELOP AT LATE ADOLESCENCE?
A Cognitive-Developmental Approach
to Psychosis
Chris Harrop
and
Peter Trower
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
WI LEY
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WHY DOES SCHIZOPHRENIA DEVELOP
AT LATE ADOLESCENCE?
A Cognitive-Developmental Approach
to Psychosis

WHY DOES SCHIZOPHRENIA
DEVELOP AT LATE ADOLESCENCE?
A Cognitive-Developmental Approach
to Psychosis
Chris Harrop
and
Peter Trower
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
WI LEY
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harrop, Chris.
Why does schizophrenia develop at late adolescence? : a cognitive-
developmental approach to psychosis / Chris Harrop and Peter Trower.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-470-848774 (alk. paper) - ISBN 0-470-84878-2 (alk. paper)
1. Schizophrenia-Etiology. 2. Shizophrenia in adolescence. 3. Psychoses in
adolescence. 4. Developmental disabilities. I. Trower, Peter, 1938- 11. Title.
RC514.H334 2003
616.89'82071-dc21
2003057154
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ISBN 0-470-84877-4 (hbk)
ISBN 0-470-84878-2 (pbk)
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DEDICATION
I want to dedicate this book to two of the teachers who inspired me at
school: David Dwyer and Randall Lewton; also to Garth, Pat and Sarah
Harrop, to Katie and Brenda, and Freeda Sangra.
Chris Harrop
To my daughter Stephanie, and in memory of Doris, my Mother.
Peter Trower

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS ................................... ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................... x
INTRODUCTION ........................................ xi
SECTION ONE: WHAT IS THIS SCHIZOPHRENIA?
Chapter 1 Schizophrenia: What is it? ......................... 3
Chapter 2 Biological Disease or Psychological Problem?
Who is Right? .................................. 13
Chapter 3 Why Young Men? What the Hell is Going On
in Late Adolescence? ............................. 33
Chapter 4 Why Might Some People be Blocked? ................ 51
Section Summary ........................................ 60
SECTION TWO: PSYCHOSIS AND THE SELF
Chapter 5 The Crisis of the Adolescent Self .................... 63
Chapter 6 The Mystery of the Self Why have it? What is it? ....... 65
Chapter 7 The Potential and the Limit ........................ 73
Chapter 8 How is the Self Constructed?. ...................... 77
Chapter 9 The Insecure Self (Le Neant) ....................... 79
Chapter 10 Alienated/Engulfed Self (Objectite') ..................8 3
Section Summary ........................................ 90