The Origins and Course of Psychopathology: Methods of Longitudinal Research

ISBN-13: 9781468423570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 456 str.

John Strauss

Opis

The Society for Life History Research in Psychopathology is a group of investigators from many disciplines who share an interest in studying the longitudinal aspects of psychiat ric disorder. Sociologists, psychologists, statisticians, psychiatrists, epidemiologists, and others each bring to the study of life history the expertise and vantage point arising from his or her unique training and experience. This volume, the fifth in a series, is devoted to explor ing the methods used to contribute to the understanding of the complex unfolding of a human life as it avoids, copes with, or succumbs to psychiatric disorder. We hope that by describing these methods, their current status, advantages, and short comings, this volume can serve as a guidepost to all who are involved in our field to help understand it further and to generate solutions for the many crucial problems we face. J. S. H. B. M. R. Contents Introduction . . . . . 1 John S. Strauss, Haroutun M. Babigian, and Merrill Roff SECTION I CONTROLLED VS. NATURALISTIC APPROACHES CHAPTER 1 Controlled vs. Naturalistic Experiments: Application of the Life Table Method 7 Myrna M. Weissman CHAPTER 2 The Psychiatric Case Register: A Versatile Device for the Application of Multiple Methodological Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Haroutun M. Babigian and Dolores B. Jones CHAPTER 3 A Survey of Issues Related to the Analysis of Observational Data in Longitudinal Research . . 43 John E."

Spis treści

Section I Controlled vs. Naturalistic Approaches.- 1 Controlled vs. Naturalistic Experiments: Application of the Life Table Method.- 2 The Psychiatric Case Register: A Versatile Device for the Application of Multiple Methodological Approaches.- 3 A Survey of Issues Related to the Analysis of Observational Data in Longitudinal Research.- 4 A Combined Thirty-Five Year Follow-Up and Family Study of Schizophrenia and Primary Affective Disorders: Sample Selection, Methodology of Field Follow-up, and Preliminary Mortality Rates.- Discussion of Section I.- Section II Life Events.- 5 The Conceptualization and Measurement of Stressful Life Events: An Overview of the Issues.- 6 Remembering Life Events.- 7 Anticipation and Control of Stressful Life Events.- Discussion of Section II.- Section III Studies of Children at Risk.- 8 Longitudinal vs. Cross-Sectional Research in the Study of Children at Risk for Psychopathology.- 9 Prospective Studies to Investigate Behavioral Change.- 10 The Rochester Adaptive Behavior Inventory: A Parallel Series of Instruments for Assessing Social Competence during Early and Middle Childhood and Adolescence.- Discussion of Section III.- Section IV Follow-Up Studies of Psychiatric Patients.- 11 Longitudinal Research on Psychopathology in Psychiatric Patients: Some Assets and Liabilities.- 12 Life History Characteristics of Responders to Drug and Social Therapy in Schizophrenia.- 13 Long-Term Follow-Up of Juvenile and Adult Delinquency with Samples Differing in Some Important Respects: Cross-Validation within the Same Research Program.- 14 Methodological Issues in the Study of Outcome.- Discussion of Section IV.- Section V Relationships Among Variables Affecting Development and Course of Psychopathology.- 15 Detecting Predictors of Rare Events: Demographic, Family and Personal Deviance as Predictors of Stages in the Progression toward Narcotic Addiction.- 16 Problems of Conceptualization and Design in Research on the Evaluation of Treatment for Drug Abuse.- Discussion of Section V.