Long-Term Outcomes in Psychopathology Research

Dr. Evelyn J. Bromet is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University. She received her BA in history from Smith College, PhD in epidemiology from Yale University, and postdoctoral training at Stanford's Social Ecology Laboratory. She founded the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh where she did research on the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident and the neuropsychiatric effects of workplace exposures. At Stony Brook, she is the architect of the Suffolk County Mental Health Project, now in its 20th year of follow-up, and conducted longitudinal studies of Chernobyl evacuees and clean-up workers in Ukraine along with a national prevalence study. Her current research also focuses on mental-physical comorbidity among responders to the World Trade Center disaster.

• Part I FINDINGS FROM LONG-TERM OUTCOME STUDIES ; 1. Past and Future Directions in Psychosis Research ; EVELYN J. BROMET ; 2. Course of Bipolar Disorder in Adults and Children ; KATHLEEN RIES MERIKANGAS, NICOLE JAMESON, AND MAURICIO TOHEN ; 3. Can Course Help Reduce the Heterogeneity of Depressive Disorders? ; DANIEL N KLEIN ; 4. The Course of Substance Use Disorders: Trajectories, Endpoints, and Predictors ; CHRISTINE TIMKO, RUDOLF H. MOOS, AND JOHN W. FINNEY ; 5. Commentary: Divergent Views on Heterogeneity in Long-Term Course and Outcome of Adult Mental and Substance Disorders ; RAMIN MOJTABAI ; Part 2 ONGOING DEBATES ABOUT CASE DEFINITIONS: DIAGNOSTIC BOUNDARY ISSUES ; 6. Using Developmental Trajectories to Validate Diagnostic Categories: Comparing and Contrasting Asperger's Syndrome and Autism ; PETER SZATMARI ; 7. Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: The Result of a Problem Looking for a Diagnosis ; GABRIELLE A. CARLSON ; 8. Deconstructing PTSD ; MATTHEW A. FRIEDMAN ; 9. The Quantitative Classification of Mental Illness: Emerging Solution to Boundary Problems ; ROMAN KOTOV ; Part 3 DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONCEPT OF RECOVERY ; 10. Long-term Outcomes of Juvenile-Onset Depression: Is Recovery a Viable Concept? ; MARIA KOVACS ; 11. Long-term Trajectories and Recovery from PTSD ; ZAHAVA SOLOMON, AVIGAL SNIR, HENRY FINGERHUT, AND MICHAL ROSENBERG ; 12. Preventive Strategies to Optimize Recovery In Psychosis ; PATRICK MCGORRY AND SHERILYN GOLDSTONE ; 13. Advocacy, Stigma, and Self-Disclosure: A Personal Perspective ; FREDERICK J. FRESE ; 14. Organizational Change towards Recovery Oriented Service Provision: A Provider's Perspective ; EDYE SCHWARTZ; INTRODUCTION BY LISA DIXON ; Part 4 THE NEED FOR CONTINUED LONG-TERM OUTCOMES RESEARCH ; 15. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Old Problem, New Disorder, Limited Data ; CATHERINE R. GLENN, ADAM C. JAROSZEWSKI, ALEXANDER J. MILLNER, JACLYN C. KEARNS, AND MATTHEW K. NOCK ; 16. Blending Technological Innovations into Long-Term Prospective Research ; CARLOS N. PATO, JANET L. SOBELL, MICHELE T. PATO ; 17. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of PTSD: Current Status and Future Directions ; EREL SHVIL, KATHARINE REINER VAN DER HOORN, SANTIAGO PAPINI, GREGORY M. SULLIVAN, AND YUVAL NERIA ; Part 5 EPILOGUE ; 18. Epilogue - Reconsidering Outcome Priorities for Serious Mental Illnesses ; ROBERT B. ZIPURSKY

"The long-term course of mental disorders has profound importance, particularly for those affected by it. Yet, standard textbooks give this topic scant coverage. Against this background Dr. Evelyn Bromet's new book, "Long-term Outcomes and Psychopathology Research " is essential reading for the clinician who cares for those with major mental disorders. Dr. Bromet is well known for her painstaking work with the long-term outcome of psychotic and stress related illnesses and she has gathered for this volume a group of contributors who are likewise renowned and who remain at the forefront of work on the classification and outcomes of mental disorders. Together they have produced a volume of exemplary coverage, depth and currency. " - William H. Coryell, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA