Brain, Vol. 124, No. 2, 448-449,
February 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
Book reviews |
THE NEUROPATHOLOGY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. PROGRESS AND INTERPRETATION.
Edited by Paul J. Harrison and Gareth W. Roberts 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Price £65. Pp. 374. ISBN 0-19-262907-7.
Neuropathology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
After many years of neglect, there is welcome renewed interest in the neuropathology of schizophrenia. At the XIVth International Congress of Neuropathology in Birmingham, UK in September 2000, a large auidience gathered to hear a Keynote Lecture, a Plenary Lecture and Symposium on the neuoropathology of psychoses, which concentrated mainly on schizophrenia. The reason this renewed enthusiasm has come about is outlined in the foreword to The Neuropathology of Schizophrenia by Janice Stevens. She explains the factors that have increased the rate of progress towards resolving the problem of the neuropathology of schizophrenia. CT and MR imaging has allowed in vivo neuropathology