Matcheri S Keshavan, Vinod Srihari, Ravinder Reddy

Schizophrenia

A Practical Primer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition of Schizophrenia: A Practical Primer, includes decades of clinical and research experience in the field and helps readers understand what schizophrenia is and how it is managed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781498754798
• ISBN-10: 1498754791
• Artikelnr.: 48095151

Autorenporträt

Matcheri Keshavan, MD, is Stanley R Cobb Professor and Academic Head of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC); Harvard Medical School. He has an active clinical practice at the Aspire clinic, BIDMC. Vinod H. Srihari, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Program for Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC); Yale University School of Medicine. Ravinder Reddy, MD, is former Health Sciences Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; former Psychiatry Training Director at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1 What is and is not schizophrenia?
Chapter 2 Assessment of schizophrenia
Chapter 3 Social determinants of health affecting assessment
Chapter 4 Schizophrenia, spirituality and religion
Chapter 5 Putting together the (clinical) pieces
Chapter 6 Talking to patients and families
Chapter 7 Early intervention and prevention for schizophrenia
Chapter 8 Managing symptoms and preventing relapse: Pharmacological
approach
Chapter 9 Psychosocial approaches to improve symptoms and functional
outcomes
Chapter 10 Managing treatment-related complications
Chapter 11 Suboptimal treatment response
Chapter 12 Medication nonadherence
Chapter 13 Managing decompensation and relapse
Chapter 14 Suicide and violence
Chapter 15 Achieving recovery
Chapter 16 History of schizophrenia
Chapter 17 Who gets schizophrenia and why?
Chapter 18 Neurobiology of schizophrenia
Chapter 19 What does the future hold?
Glossary of terms
Helpful Resources
Index