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Age of Onset of Mental Disorders

Etiopathogenetic and Treatment Implications

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Editors:
  1. Giovanni de Girolamo

    1. Unit of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evaluation, IRCCS St John of God Clinical Research Center, Brescia, Italy

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  2. Patrick D. McGorry

    1. Orygen The National Centre of Excellence, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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  3. Norman Sartorius

    1. Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Brings together the available evidence regarding the age of onset of mental disorders and its significance
  • Covers all the most important mental disorders
  • Written by outstanding, well-known contributors and edited by leading experts

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Relevance of the Age of Onset of Mental Disorders to Research in Psychiatry and to the Organization of Services for People with Mental Illness

    • Giovanni de Girolamo, Patrick D. McGorry, Norman Sartorius
    Pages 1-13

  3. Lessons from Knowledge on the Correlates of the Age of Onset of Physical Illness

    • Giovanni Fiorito, Carlotta Sacerdote, Paolo Vineis
    Pages 15-28

  4. Does the Age of Onset Shape the Clinical Picture, Course and Consequences of Schizophrenia? Results from a Long-Term Epidemiological Study

    • Heinz Häfner
    Pages 29-54

  5. The Age of Onset of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

    • Jouko Miettunen, Johanna Immonen, John J. McGrath, Matti Isohanni, Erika Jääskeläinen
    Pages 55-73

  6. The Age of Onset of Bipolar Disorders

    • Jessica Dagani, Ross J. Baldessarini, Giulia Signorini, Olav Nielssen, Giovanni de Girolamo, Matthew Large
    Pages 75-110

  7. The Age of Onset of Unipolar Depression

    • Nefize Yalin, Allan H. Young
    Pages 111-124

  8. The Age of Onset of Anxiety Disorders

    • Jeroen S. Legerstee, Bram Dierckx, Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens, Frank C. Verhulst, Carola Zieldorff, Gwen C. Dieleman et al.
    Pages 125-147

  9. The Age of Onset of Substance Use Disorders

    • Adrian B. Kelly, Megan Weier, Wayne D. Hall
    Pages 149-167

  10. The Age of Onset of Alcohol Use Disorders

    • Jason P. Connor, Megan Weier, Wayne D. Hall
    Pages 169-182

  11. The Age of Onset of Personality Disorders

    • Andrew M. Chanen, Katherine N. Thompson
    Pages 183-201

  12. The Age of Onset of Eating Disorders

    • Angela Favaro, Paolo Busetto, Enrico Collantoni, Paolo Santonastaso
    Pages 203-216

  13. The Age of Onset of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    • David Coghill, Phillip Asherson, Stephen V. Faraone, Luis A. Rohde
    Pages 217-236

  14. The Age of Onset of Dementias

    • Sandra Landwehr, Ralph Brinks, Annika Hoyer
    Pages 237-253

  15. Conclusions: From the Study of the Age of Onset to the Development of Age-Specific Interventions in Mental Health

    • Patrick D. McGorry, Norman Sartorius, Giovanni de Girolamo
    Pages 255-261
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About this book

This book presents a thorough and critical review of current  knowledge about  the age of onset of mental disorders. The opening chapters offer information about the impact of the age of onset on the clinical picture, course, and outcome of physical illnesses, and about  the neurobiological implications and correlates of different ages of onset. The impact and correlates of the ages of onset of all the most important mental disorders are then discussed in detail by internationally renowned scientists. The background to the book is the recognition that a better understanding of age of onset makes it possible to estimate the lifetime risk of disorders, helps to elucidate pathogenesis, and facilitates efficient, targeted clinical management. The book will be of value for clinicians, mental health professionals, mental health researchers, epidemiologists, and different stakeholders in the mental health field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Unit of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evaluation, IRCCS St John of God Clinical Research Center, Brescia, Italy

    Giovanni de Girolamo

  • Orygen The National Centre of Excellence, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Patrick D. McGorry

  • Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

About the editors

Giovanni de Girolamo, M.D., leads the Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evaluation Unit at the IRCCS St. John of God Clinical Research Centre, Brescia (Italy), and is a Professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy). From 1988 to 1994 he was an Associate Professional Officer at the Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva; after his return to Italy, he has worked at the Italian N.I.H. in Rome and at the Department of Mental Health in Bologna. He has been a principal investigator for a range of studies covering  a variety of mental health areas, and has been the PI of the Italian site participating to the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. He is currently the principal investigator for the Italian site of the European projects “THE MILESTONE PROJECT: Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Health Care” and RADAR-CNS. Prof. de Girolamo has published more than 250 papers and authored or co-authored several books and book chapters. 

Norman Sartorius was the Director of the Division of Mental Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) and subsequently President of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and then  President of the Association of European Psychiatrists). He is currently President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes and a member of the Geneva Prize Foundation, having previously been its President. Professor Sartorius was professor of psychiatry at the University of Geneva and now holds professorial appointments at the Universities of London and Zagreb and at several other universities in the USA and China. He has published more than 400 articles in scientific journals, authored or co-authored a number of books and edited many others. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom, of the American College of Psychiatry, of the Royal Australian andNew Zealand College of Psychiatrists and of numerous other professional associations. He is also a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and honorary member of medical academies in Peru, Mexico and Croatia and holds honorary doctorates from universities in the Cheech Republic, Denmark, Romania, Sweden and the UK. He is also a chief editor of  Current Opinion in Psychiatry and a member of the editorial boards of a number of scientific journals.  

Patrick McGorry is a Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, and Executive Director of Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health. He is also President of the Society for Mental Health Research in Australia, President of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, and a founding member and Treasurer of the International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA). Leading researcher and innovator in early intervention for emerging mentalillness in young people , Prof. McGorry has authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, more than 50 book chapters and 6 books. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry, and on the Editorial Board of Schizophrenia Research.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Age of Onset of Mental Disorders

  • Book Subtitle: Etiopathogenetic and Treatment Implications

  • Editors: Giovanni de Girolamo, Patrick D. McGorry, Norman Sartorius

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72619-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72618-2Published: 20 November 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72619-9Published: 11 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Public Health, Human Genetics, Medical Education

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